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Restoration   /rˌɛstərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Restoration

noun
1.
The reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685.
2.
The act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state.
3.
Getting something back again.  Synonyms: regaining, restitution, return.
4.
The state of being restored to its former good condition.  Synonyms: refurbishment, renovation.
5.
Some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed.
6.
A model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc..
7.
The re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660.



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"Restoration" Quotes from Famous Books



... the corps of pages and the corps of youths, entered the boats waiting for them to return, drawn by teams of four swift horses, to Memphis, to await within the impregnable fortress of the White Castle the restoration ...
— Uarda • Georg Ebers
... displeasure, and as more than usually influenced by those evil spirits, whom St. Paul mentions as the powers of the air. In a word, while the good missionary had all faith in the final conversion and restoration of these children of the forests, he did not overlook the facts of their present barbarity, and great propensity to scalp. He was not quite as efficient as Gershom, at this novel employment, but a certain inborn zeal ...
— Oak Openings • James Fenimore Cooper
... 29th of May when the event occurred. The popular mistake is supposed to have arisen from the fact that Charles made his public entry into London on May 29, which was also his birthday, when the Royalists decked themselves with oak in remembrance of that tree having been instrumental in the King's restoration. ...
— Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham - A History And Guide Arranged Alphabetically • Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
... from the sea on the Piazzetta side, is the 26th of the entire series, and will always in future be so numbered, so that all numbers above twenty-six indicate fifteenth century work, and all below it, fourteenth century, with some exceptional cases of restoration. ...
— The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) • John Ruskin
... pillar which is surrounded by an immense circular capital. From this radiates four stone causeways to the corners of the room; these are enclosed by an open trellis with stone balustrades. The shaft of the pillar is finely carved, and all is in perfect condition, due to careful restoration. It is said that the Emperor sat in the centre of the pillar when he held a council, while the four advisers sat in the corners. Stone staircases lead to the roof, where a glimpse of the whole enclosure is afforded. A novel view is obtained down a stone-paved roadway, leading to a large ...
— Travels in the Far East • Ellen Mary Hayes Peck


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