instauration

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The Word of the Day for August 22 is:

instauration   \in-stor-RAY-shun\   noun
    *1 : restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation
     2 : an act of instituting or establishing something

Example sentence: 
     "Once, humanity dreamed of the great instauration -- a rebirth of ancient wisdom that would compel us into a New Age...." (Knute Berger, _Seattle Weekly_, December 14, 2005)

Did you know?
     "Instauration" first appeared in English in the early 17th century, a product of the Latin verb "instaurare," meaning "to renew or restore." This same source gave us our verb "store," by way of Middle English and Anglo-French. Less than 20 years after "instauration" broke into English, the philosopher Francis Bacon began writing his _Instauratio Magna_, which translates to _The Great Instauration_. This uncompleted collection of works, which was written in Latin, calls for a restoration to a state of paradise on earth, but one in which mankind is enlightened by knowledge and truth. 

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.





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