reunionn.
/(ˌ)riːˈjuːnɪən/, U.S. /riˈjunjən/ 1. The action or an act of reuniting or coming together again; the state of being reunited.Frequently in contexts of political or religious division.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [noun] > again
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reunitingc1585
reunition1615
reunification1872
1576 A. Golding tr. Edict Frenche Kinge xxxiv. 32 They..shall enter agein intoo reall and actuall possession of all and singular their goods, notwithstanding any reunion, incorporation, confiscation or forfeiture.
1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iii. 23 The Emperours were euer forwardest to labour a re-union and concurrence of their powers.
1681 P. Bellon tr. F. de Monginot New Myst. Physick 28 Which interruption never ceases, but by the Re-union..of all those parts.
1736 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations V. 297 Those who followed the Rites and Ceremonies of the Greeks in the Polonese Russia..were the only Persons that adhered to that Reunion.
1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 44 The re-union to the state, of all the Catholics of that country.
1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia iii. iii. 274 The Essenes..rejected the notion of a reunion of the soul with flesh.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 33 Nerve-division has the objection that reunion occurs and the malady returns.
1920 Glasgow Herald 27 Aug. 9 He announced the reunion with the Lebanon of the four kazas of Baalbek, Bekoa, Ruchaya, and Hasbaya.
1955 Times 21 May 7/4 The pact left east Germany free to negotiate for a reunion with the west.
2008 Church Times 22 Aug. 8/1 We seem to notice..an almost reckless advocacy of reunion.
2. The fact or an instance of two or more people meeting again after separation.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > assembling of people or animals > again
rejoining1526
reunion1602
rallying1611
ralliance1816
1602 R. Parsons Manifestation Great Folly ii. f. 21v The said Father wrote to them for their comfort, that..he..remayned much edified of their reunion and peaceable conuersation.
1682 F. Spence tr. C. Bernard Female Prince sig. Mv The Princess of Sicily was Charmed with that reunion,..saying one day to Camilla that Love had made use of her to render her more tractable.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 142 [We] congratulated each other upon our happy reunion.
1770 I. Bickerstaff 'Tis Well it's no Worse v. i. 104 Yet let me hope, that time may open a way to our re-union.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi III. ix. ii. 188 For some minutes the young lovers surrendered themselves to the delight of reunion.
1847 J. Martineau Endeavours Christian Life II. xvii. 274 His reunion with his disciples.
1880 S. G. W. Benjamin Troy i. x. 96 In the pure rapture of their reunion, it may be hoped that Penelope and Odysseus found some compensation for their long and arduous separation.
1918 L. F. Baum Tin Woodman of Oz iii. 40 After I have found Nimmie Amee and she has managed to control her joy at our reunion, I shall take her to the Emerald City.
1980 D. Lodge How Far can you Go? (1981) ii. 68 There were excited reunions between old friends.
2003 Radio Times 25 Oct. (Midlands ed.) 100/2 Their reunion on a seaside pier is beautifully filmed, and set to haunting music.
3. In early use also in form réunion. Originally: a social gathering of friends or acquaintances, or of people having some connection with each other. Subsequently: spec. a social gathering attended by members of a group of people who have not seen each other for some time.class reunion: see class n. and adj. Compounds 1c. school reunion: see school n.1 Compounds 5a.
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society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > reunion
reunion1820
roundup1880
homecoming1902
1820 Ld. Byron Blues i. 139 'Tis a sort of reunion for Scamp, on the days Of his lecture.
1847 Illustr. London News 2 Jan. 2/1 At the last Ministerial réunion at M. Guizot's.
1873 J. G. Holland Arthur Bonnicastle xii. 204 The little reunion was given to Henry and myself, in token of our departure.
1929 S. Lewis Dodsworth xviii. 196 But whatever discomfort he had at playing the hobbledehoy, in the class reunion Sam found balm.
1945 W. H. Auden Coll. Poetry 134 That caged rebuked question Occasionally let out at clambakes or College reunions.
2007 Condé Nast Traveller May 218/3 The reason for our return trip was to attend an annual family reunion and Thanksgiving-style cook-out lunch.
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C1. General attributive (chiefly in sense 3).
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1842 W. Howitt Rural & Domest. Life Germany 257 The fitting up of the ball-room and of a re-union room at the right hand end.
1875 Overland Monthly Mar. 248/1 We had a reunion dinner in Charlotte Street, and got very noisy and affectionate before morning.
1920 Technol. Rev. 22 463 The program was as follows:..6.30 p.m., reunion banquet at Snoqualmie Falls Lodge; 7.30 p.m. reunion smoker and get-together.
1954 N. Coward Future Indefinite iv. 195 After a gay reunion party..I retired to be slightly fried, blissfully happy.
1976 Laurel (Montana) Outlook 9 June 12/4 A two-hour program is being planned by a reunion committee.
1983 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80 5946 A breakage/reunion model..can explain the formation of all observed types of Robertsonian translocations.
2003 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 324/1 Core members..went on to enjoy crit-coddled solo careers..before recombining last year for a feel-good wrinklier-but-wise reunion album.
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reunion tour n. a tour organized for a group of people having a reunion; (subsequently esp.) a concert tour undertaken by a newly reunited rock band, pop group, etc.
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1902 Atlanta Constit. 22 June 6/4 The reunion committee of the Seventh Georgia regiment, United Confederate Veterans, has announced the schedule of the reunion tour.
1908 Boston Daily Globe 28 Aug. 7/2 Ward and Vokes the well-known comedians, who have been separated for several seasons, began their ‘reunion tour’ here tonight.
1974 Los Angeles Times 29 June ii. 6/1 The Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young reunion tour..is shaping up as the biggest..in the history of rock.
2007 R. Edelman Lies about Money iv. 102 Investors..treat the news as they do when a once-famous rock group comes out of retirement to sell tickets to its reunion tour at exorbitant prices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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