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[a. F. rénovation (15th c.), or ad. L. renovātiōn-em, n. of action f. renovāre to renovate.]
1. The action of renovating, or the condition of having been renovated; renewal; restoration; an instance of this, a change effected by renewal.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) III. 117 In whiche yere he see also the renouacion of the temple. 1555Eden Decades 87 The water therof beinge dronk..maketh owld men younge ageyne. Marg. The renouation of age. 1577tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 599 They..do hartily reioyce..for the renouation of true religion. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1301 The dismembring of Osiris, and the resurrection or renovation of his life. 1645Milton Tetrach. Introd., Wks. 1851 IV. 143 To expect..glorious changes and renovations both in Church and State. 1681tr. Belon's Myst. Physick Introd. 13 Remedies for Conservation and Renovation of Health. 1730–46Thomson Autumn 1189 How long Shall prostrate Nature groan beneath your rage; Awaiting renovation? 1784Cowper Task vi. 124 The regular return of genial months, And renovation of a faded world. 1834Southey Doctor (1862) 383 Both the innovations or renovations which Spenser introduced were against the grain. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 36 To the good man, education is of all things the most precious, and is also in constant need of renovation.
†b. Renewal of the body at the resurrection. Obs.
1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 3509 Greatter was the hope of the eterne renouacion In her body resolued to naturall consumption. 1554Coverdale Hope Faithf. xxii. Wks. (Parker Soc.) II. 195 Of our bodies The renovation. Therefore is this My expectation. 1667Milton P.L. xi. 65 Wak't in renovation of the just.
2. Theol. Renewal wrought by the Holy Ghost; the creation of a new spirit within one.
1543Necess. Doctrine d iij, In our battaile aforesayde, in..our dayly spiritual renovation. 1555Eden Decades 43 To poure vppon his electe the grace of renouation. 1624Gataker Transubst. 66 The thing that is there wrought, to wit, regeneration and renovation, is a thing intelligible. 1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 79 How doth God the Holy Ghost save thee? By his Illumination, by his Renovation, and by his Preservation. a1708Beveridge Thes. Theol. (1711) III. 225 External reformation is nothing without internal renovation. 1841Trench Parables (1860) 116 For the true renovation is ever thus from the inward to the outward.
†b. Reformation. Obs. rare—1.
1563Foxe A. & M. 542/2 Concernynge inioynynge of penance I know of none..excepte renouation of liuinge in casting a parte olde vyce, and taking them vnto new vertue.
†3. The renewal or resumption of an action, agreement, condition, etc. Obs.
1535Coverdale 1 Macc. xii. 17 Oure lettres, concerninge the renouacion of oure brotherhode. 1569Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 667 Na quietnes bot renovatioun of displesour and troubill may arryise. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 125 Why should I particularize the often renovation of these warres under so many several kings..? 1686tr. Chardin's Trav. Persia 15 To attend the Grand Signior..in order to the Renovation of the Articles. 1774J. Bryant Mythol. II. 433 The Bull of Perillus was..designed for a renovation of some cruel rites. 1798W. Blair Soldier's Friend 77 The renovation of pain that is the necessary consequence of chirurgical treatment. |