1650s, "act of reviving;" 1660s, "the bringing of an old play back to the stage," from revive + -al (2). First in sense "general religious awakening in a community" by Cotton Mather, 1702; revivalist is first attested 1812.
a revival of a neglected play by Moliere
the Gothic revival in architecture
the revival of trade
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