Definition of Refoundations

1. refoundation [n] - See also: refoundation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Refoundations

reformulations
refortification
refortifications
refortified
refortifies
refortify
refortifying
reforward
reforwarded
reforwarding
reforwards
refossion
refought
refound
refoundation
refoundations (current term)
refounded
refounder
refounders
refounding
refounds
refract
refractable
refracted
refracted light
refractile
refracting
refracting angle of a prism
refracting telescope
refracting telescopes

Literary usage of Refoundations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"Henry also gained the reputation of a benefactor in both universities. At Oxford his claim rests on several suppressions and refoundations of the college ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"At Oxford hia claim rests on several suppressions and refoundations of the college which had been begun by Wolsey, and on his charging the chapters of ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The foundations and refoundations just spoken of went on to the very end of Henry's reign. An Act of 1545 placed the secular foundations, the colleges and ..."

4. Educational Charters and Documents 598 to 1909 by Arthur Francis Leach (1911)
"The whole number of refoundations by patent of Edward VI seems to have been 30. The return of the Catholics to power meant little loss to the schools. ..."

5. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1902)
"as usual they did so by new foundations or refoundations. Within the next twenty years many of the cities were renamed ..."

6. Principles of Secondary Education by Paul Monroe (1914)
"... destruction attending the Reformation; and in the subsequent period there were many new foundations or refoundations by private patrons and by monarchs. ..."

7. Principles of Secondary Education by Paul Monroe (1914)
"... though there was much destruction attending the Reformation; and in the subsequent period there were many new foundations or refoundations by private ..."

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