reviviscence

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noun

The act of reviving, or the state of being revived; renewal of life.

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Meanings

nounreviviscence (countable and uncountable, plural reviviscences)

plural reviviscences · alternative reviviscency

  1. countableuncountableThe act of reviving, or the state of being revived; renewal of life.

    25 June, 1830, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk In this age we have a sort of reviviscence, not, I fear, of the power, but of a taste for the power, of the early times.

  2. countableuncountablelifestyleRevival; renewal of force, validity, or effect.

    But, what is still more serious, it goes apparently against the theological doctrine of the reviviscence of the Sacraments.

    1910, Pierre Pourrat, Theology of the Sacraments: A Study in Positive Theology, page 190
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    Reviviscence means that, when this person converts and abandons sin, he will receive the special grace of the sacrament that was conferred.

    2021, Jose Granados, Introduction to Sacramental Theology, page 293

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reviviscence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviviscence

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“reviviscence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reviviscence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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