Noun

(en noun)

The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.

Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.

Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, such as drama or literature.

Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.

A Christian religious meeting held to inspire active members of a church body or to gain new converts.

Reanimation from a state of languor or depression; applied to health, a person's spirits, etc.

Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.

Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.

the revival of hot pants

Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal.

the revival''' of a debt barred by limitation; the '''revival of a revoked will

Revivification, as of a metal.

Noun

(en noun)

A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.

An active follower or adherent of someone, or some philosophy etc.

* Holy Bible, Matthew 9:10 (King James Version)

And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples .

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=4, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}

(Ireland) Miserable-looking creature of a man.