reinstalmentn.
/ˌriːɪnˈstɔːlm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌriᵻnzˈtɔlm(ə)nt/, /ˌriᵻnˈstɔlm(ə)nt/, /ˌriᵻnzˈtɑlm(ə)nt/, /ˌriᵻnˈstɑlm(ə)nt/ The action of installing a person or thing again.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > reinstatement
restitutiona1387
repossession1533
restauration1548
reposition1559
reinstalment1602
renstall1630
restoration1660
reinstation1686
rehabilitation1831
reinstatement1880
1602 T. Lodge tr. Josephus Wks. xiv. 373 (note) Antigonus..cutteth off Hircanus eares to preuent his reinstalment in the priesthood.
1632 Swedish Intelligencer I. 77 After the Re-instalment of their Lords the Dukes.
1689 P. Gellie Let. 19 Nov. in J. Sage Case Afflicted Clergy Scotl. (1690) 75 All are confident you both may and will prevail for an Order from His Majesty for my Reinstallment.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 317 There is not abundance of Appearance of their Re-instalment in these Realms.
1849 H. Read Hand of God in Hist. xx. 382 An establishment of universal liberty, and a re-installment of Christianity on the simplicity and purity of her ancient foundation.
1851 E. B. Lytton Lett. to J. Bull 2 Its reinstalment to office has not been resuscitation.
1900 Times 7 Nov. 8/5 (advt.) Absolutely necessary repairs and reinstalment of laundry apparatus.
1959 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 31 68/1 It was the reinstalment of Lieut.-General Sir Noel Mason-MacFarlane at the head of the Allied Control Commission which really saved the day.
1990 I. Susumu in J. W. Hall Cambr. Hist. Japan III. 135 Koryō..was in disorder, owing to the king's dethronement and re-installment, and a civil war.
2004 N. J. Beger Tensions in Struggle Sexual Minority Rights Europe 4 A transnational political stage becomes the space for re-instalment and re-negotiation of these conditions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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