refoundationn.
/ˌriːfaʊnˈdeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrifaʊnˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/ The action or process of refounding or being refounded; an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > re-establishment
restablishment1483
re-establishing1566
replanting1572
re-establishment1574
refoundation1628
reinstatement1662
reinstation1686
reinstitution1736
1628 H. Burton Tryall Priuate Deuotions sig. M2v Let Popish, be turned into Catholicke; and, apish imitation, into absolute refoundation.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Lanc. 120 This Colledge hath passed many Dissolutions and refoundations.
1789 J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle II. 64 This inscription is undoubtedly christian, and appears to me to allude to the founding of this religious house, or rather has been made on its refoundation by the Normans.
1813 J. Hodgson & F. C. Laird Beauties Eng. & Wales XII. i. 60 Its master has usually been appointed to the mastership of St. Mary's Hospital, the premises of which, since the refoundation, have been converted into school-rooms and dwellings.
1864 J. Raine Priory of Hexham I. Pref. 148 There is some valuable information..about the refoundation of their house.
1904 Man 4 115 A complete refoundation was made; the stones below the sand-bed having been left sunk in the ground and ignored.
1971 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 56 282 The expedition of refoundation was a very complete one, being formed of 103 settlers.
1998 C. A. Jones Ælfric's Let. to Monks of Eynsham i. 9 It seems that the ‘foundation’ of Eynsham around 1005 was in effect a refoundation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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