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Definition of Revival
1. Noun. Bringing again into activity and prominence. "The Gothic revival in architecture"
Specialized synonyms: Rebirth, Renaissance, Renascence, Regeneration, Resurrection, Resuscitation
Generic synonyms: Advance, Betterment, Improvement
Derivative terms: Resurge, Resurgent, Revitalise, Revitalize, Revive, Revive, Revivify
2. Noun. An evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion.
Definition of Revival
1. n. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
Definition of Revival
1. Noun. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived. ¹
2. Noun. Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature. ¹
3. Noun. Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature. ¹
4. Noun. Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest. ¹
5. Noun. Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and the like. ¹
6. Noun. Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture. ¹
7. Noun. Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion. ¹
8. Noun. Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc. ¹
9. Noun. Revivification, as of a metal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Revival
1. renewed attention to or interest in something [n -S]
Medical Definition of Revival
1. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived. Specifically: Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature. Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature. Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest. Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; applied to the health, spirits, and the like. Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture. Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion. Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc. Revivification, as of a metal. See Revivification. Origin: From Revive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Revival
Literary usage of Revival
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Like importance attaches to what is known as the Evangelical revival under the
Wesleys in Great Britain, which spread also to America under Francis Asbury ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1887)
"EVANGELICAL revival OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. had been provided by his uncle
... THE Evangelical revival, specially identified with the name of John Wesley ..."
3. A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1897)
"Devereux Jarratt, a convert of the revival, went to England for ordination, ...
The revival had come, not so much in the spirit and power of Elijah, ..."
4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"The Welsh revival of the period beginning with 1735 (which was due, in large
part, to Griffith Jones) is a singular, and an almost exact, anticipation of ..."
5. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1902)
"Through their connection with the Jewish schools in Spain and the East they opened
a way for the revival of physical science. A Jewish medical school seems ..."
6. The Holy Roman Empire by James Bryce Bryce (1904)
"The twelfth century saw this revival begin with that eager study of the ...
Now, along with the literary revival, partly caused by, partly causing it, ..."
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