regenesisn.
/ˌriːˈdʒɛnᵻsɪs/, U.S. /riˈdʒɛnəsəs/ The fact or process of forming or being formed again or a further time. Also: revival; revitalization. Chiefly in religious use.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creating again
regenerationc1384
re-creation?a1425
new-making1495
repullulation1623
remaking1625
reproductiona1640
regermination1646
recasting1687
regenesis1833
1833 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. v, in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 670/2 Not Mankind only, but all that Mankind does or beholds, is in continual growth, re-genesis and self-perfecting vitality.
1858 H. Spencer Ess. 1st Ser. 19 In Christian art we may trace a parallel re-genesis.
1915 H. S. Coffin Some Christian Convictions vi. 161 It comes to society with its offer of a regenesis, a paradise of love on earth.
1973 Black World June 90/2 Sister [Sherley Anne] Williams breaks her book [sc. Give Birth to Brightness] down into three major parts. Part 1 is called ‘Regenesis’.
1992 Amer. Q. 44 159 Vandervelde ends the work with a regenesis of the pulsing energy of the opening.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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