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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-vahy-vuh l
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvaɪ vəl

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Définition of revival

Origin :
  • 1650s, "act of reviving;" 1660s, "the bringing of an old play back to the stage," from revive + -al (2). First in sense "general religious awakening in a community" by Cotton Mather, 1702; revivalist is first attested 1812.
  • noun rebirth, reawakening
Example sentences :
  • It swept him away; this revival of passion was irresistible.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • It's a revival meeting; a protracted meeting, that's what it is.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • In modern times, as will be seen, Epicureanism has enjoyed a revival.
  • Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
  • Humiliation and contrition have ever been the conditions of revival.
  • Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray
  • Men would fain have a revival as the outgrowth of their agencies and progress.
  • Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray
  • A necessary consequence was the revival of the Act of Uniformity.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • No less inspiring was the revival of the Sentry on the 1st March 1917.
  • Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
  • He began to speculate on the future of the countryside when the Gaelic revival was complete.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • The fire alone sang the song of hope in life's future revival.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • He even got up in revival meetin' and laid into it hammer and tongs.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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