instaurator means one who renews or restores to a former condition. It carries an Arena rating of 1619, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, instaurator ranks #162 of 14,616 for The Improbable, #1,296 of 14,590 for Most Storied Words, #3,451 of 14,571 for Most Sublime Words, #3,959 of 14,608 for Most Exacting Words.
Why “instaurator” is a great word
One who renews, restores, or repairs something to its former condition. From the Latin instaurator ('one who renews or restores'), from instaurare ('to renew, restore, repeat'), the word entered English in 1660. Unlike a restorer, who may simply mend, or an innovator, who discards the old, an instaurator is a ritualist of revival, dedicated to the solemn act of beginning again. It is the monastic scribe copying a crumbling manuscript, the artisan relearning a lost craft, the gardener coaxing life back into a blighted orchard—a quiet defiance of the belief that what is fallen must remain so.
Etymology
Latin: compare French instaurateur.
noun
- One who renews or restores to a former condition.e.g.“a high pretender to divine Revelations, and hot Instaurator of decaying Paganism”
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