revivals

Noun

revival (countable and uncountable, plural revivals)

1. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
2. Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc.
   • It is hard to sell a democratic partnership of nations from a stall that only stocks Conservative governments. Unionism needs a Labour revival in England.2021 April 20, Rafael Behr, “The future of the United Kingdom depends on a Labour revival in England”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2021
3. Renewed interest, performance, cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of culture, commerce, agriculture.
   • post-punk revival
4. Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.
   • the revival of hot pants
5. Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.
   • As the revivals died down in the 1740s, the revivalist camp made concessions to their opponents, admonished prorevivalists who continued with the hostilities, and generally sought to heal divisions.2006, Michael P. Young, Bearing Witness Against Sin
   1. A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts.

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