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‖ aggiornamento|adˌdʒornaˈmento; æˌdʒɔənəˈmɛntəʊ|
[It., f. aggiornare to modernize, f. a to + giorno day.]
A process of modernization or of bringing up to date; spec. applied to the revision of doctrines, policies, etc., in the Roman Catholic Church initiated by Pope John XXIII at the Second Vatican Council (1962–65).
[1963Times 4 June 13/1 The Italian word aggiornamento aptly signifies the process of adaptation that was to be undertaken [in the Church]. ]1963New Yorker 15 June 41 [Pope John] was eighty-one, but he was a man of today in every sense; indeed, the word ‘aggiornamento’, or bringing up to date, with which his reign will always be associated, itself contains an Italian form of the word ‘today’. 1966New Statesman 17 June 867/3 It is certainly absurd to think of a Paris-Moscow axis. The Russians are and will be extremely respectful to the General. They also know that he has been encouraging the aggiornamento in popular democracies, particularly in Rumania. 1969Daily Tel. 9 Apr. 18/4 The splendid garb traditionally worn by Princes of the Church is the latest victim of aggiornamento. 1970B. Brewster tr. Althusser & Balibar's Reading Capital (1975) ii. v. 142 The ambiguous example of the Vatican II ‘aggiornamento’ is a sufficiently striking proof: the effect and sign of an indisputable evolution, but at the same time a skilful adjustment to history. 1984P. Hebblethwaite John XXIII xiv. 313 On January 25, 1959, John announced not only the convening of the Council but also a synod for the diocese of Rome and the aggiornamento of canon law. 1985N.Y. Times 1 Feb. 28/2 Last week another charismatic Pope, John Paul II, called for a general assembly of Roman Catholic bishops to review the results of John XXIII's aggiornamento. |