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Renaissance

re·nais·sance

UK/ɹəˈneɪs(ə)ns/ US/ɹəˈneɪsɑːns/ fairly common

noun

1.

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

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Origin

Borrowed from French renaissance.

Phrases

  • renaissance man

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