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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



... of graceful gossip, singing like the fireside kettle. In these moods he has an elegant homeliness that rings of the true Queen Anne. I know another person who attains, in his moments, to the insolence of a Restoration comedy, speaking, I declare, as Congreve wrote; but that is a sport of nature, and scarce falls under the rubric, for there is none, alas! to ...
— Memories and Portraits • Robert Louis Stevenson
... unkind. He was faithful to the commonwealth as long as it was faithful to itself. Perceiving that it could not hold together after the death of Cromwell he joined with George Monk in bringing about the restoration of the Stuarts, ...
— The Tryal of William Penn and William Mead • various
... Let bygones be bygones. I wish I could have served you better." And then, as he changed the subject, and spoke feelingly about the miracle of her husband's restoration, Mrs. Cheyne looked ...
— Not Like Other Girls • Rosa N. Carey
... so with drowning patient, she must have all the air possible, for she is being suffocated with water, so do not allow a crowd to form around her. Keep every one back except those assisting in the actual work of restoration. ...
— On the Trail - An Outdoor Book for Girls • Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard
... Coach. Coaches with glasses were a recent invention and very fashionable amongst the courtiers and ladies of the Restoration. De Grammont tells in his Memoirs how he presented a French calash with glasses to the King, and how, after the Queen and the Duchess of York, had publicly appeared in it, a battle royal took place between Lady Castlemaine and Miss ...
— The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. III • Aphra Behn


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