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Definition of Restorations
1. restoration [n] - See also: restoration
Lexicographical Neighbors of Restorations
Literary usage of Restorations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"S. Giovanni in Canali (1220), formerly of the Templars, and later of the Dominicans,
has also been disfigured by its restorations; it contains statues of ..."
2. The Antiquarian (1871)
"THE ANTIQUARY. SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1872. Restorations, OR VANDALISM. The antiquary,
it is true, would at once declare that restoration was simply impossible ..."
3. The Inns of Court and Chancery by William John Loftie (1893)
"II The Chapels The Chapels—The Templars — Their Round Churches—-Restorations—The
Temple Church as it is now—Dimensions—Vaulted Chambers—The ..."
4. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1850)
"The restorations which were commenced in June, 1849, have now made considerable
... In addition to the restorations of the nave, the Earl of Digby has ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... vestibule of St. Peter's, was done in collaboration with Cavallini; moreover,
the original has long sines disappeared beneath successive restorations. ..."
6. Christian Archaeology by Charles W Bennett (1888)
"Only when there in some assurance that even the restorations are in the spirit
of the original can these monuments be regarded as witnesses to the life and ..."