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Definition of Revival

Revival The act of reviving, or the state of being revived. Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature. Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature. Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest. Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and the like. Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture. Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion. Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc. Revivification, as of a metal. See Revivification, 2. Related Definitions: Act, After, Agriculture, And, Applied, As, Attention, Awakening, Barred, Being, By, Commerce, Cultivation, Debt, Decline, Depression, Drama, Effect, Fashion, Flourishing, Force, From, Health, In, Indifference, Interest, Like, Limitation, Literature, Metal, Of, Or, Performance, Period, Practice, Prevalence, Pursuit, Reanimation, Religion, Religious, Renewal, Restoration, Revival, Revived, Revivification, Reviving, Revoked, See, Something, Special, State, The, To, Validity, Will

Revival Quotations A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women; and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today! Billy Sunday Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it does so at the price of obscuring the real conditions of life. This is why they were invented in the first place. Angela Carter The work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people had begun to recognize there was something special and it gained in reputation. But it just as well could have ended up rotting in film cans somewhere. Kim Novak I am here before you tonight to dedicate this administration to bringing a new renaissance of neighborhood life and community spirit, a renewal of confidence in the future of our city and a revival of opportunity for all Chicago. Jane Byrne I believe there is no doctrine more dangerous to the Church today than to convey the impression that a revival is something peculiar in itself and cannot be judged by the same rules of causes and effect as other things. Billy Sunday

Revival Translations revival in French is renaissance revival in German is Wiederbelebung, Wiederbelebung, Erweckung revival in Spanish is reavivamiento

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