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awakening definition

awak·en·ing (-iŋ)

noun, adjective

  1. (a) waking up
  2. (an) arousing or reviving, as of impulses, religion, etc.
awakening Idioms

the Great Awakening

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a movement of religious revival in the American Colonies from c. 1720 to the time of the Revolution

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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