"renaissances" in the noun sense
1. Renaissance, Renascence
the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
2. rebirth, Renaissance, Renascence
the revival of learning and culture
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