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aggiornamento

Today it means: Synonym of update, especially in reference to Italian scholarship or (Roman Catholicism) the updating of doctrine and practices by the Roman Catholic Church as part of the 1962–1965 Second Vatican Council. Full definition →

Italian aggiornamento ← French ajourner

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French · derived fromajourner“to postpone”
Italian · borrowed fromaggiornamento“updating; adjournment”
English todayaggiornamento

From Italian aggiornamento (“updating; adjournment”), from aggiornare (“update; postpone”) + -mento (“-ment”), from French ajourner (“to postpone”), q.v. Doublet of adjournment.

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