Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reviviscence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-vivis-cence
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Revival; renewal of force, validity, or effect.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"But, what is still more serious, it goes apparently against the theological doctrine of the reviviscence of the Sacraments."
"Reviviscence means that, when this person converts and abandons sin, he will receive the special grace of the sacrament that was conferred."

Usage

Inflected Forms

reviviscences (plural) reviviscency (alternative)

Questions

What does reviviscence mean?: The act of reviving, or the state of being revived; renewal of life.

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