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What does "renaissance" mean?

the Renaissance

  1. the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th cent., based on classical sources: it began in Italy and spread gradually to other countries and marked the transition from the medieval world to the modern
  2. the period of this revival

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