re-edifiern.
/ˌriːˈɛdᵻfʌɪə/, /rɪˈɛdᵻfʌɪə/, U.S. /riˈɛdəˌfaɪər/ Now rare.
A person who rebuilds or reconstructs a building, city, etc. Also figurative.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creating again > one who
reforger1548
re-edifiera1552
rebuilder1636
reproducer1774
reconstructor1841
remaker1841
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > re-establishment > one who
refounder1528
re-establisher1605
re-edifier1832
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1712) VIII. 16 He thinketh that the Vaulx were Reedifiers of it.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin i. 31 An olde opinion..that Charlemain was the reedifier of their citie.
1621 T. Middleton Sunne in Aries sig. Bv Iohn Hinde, a Reedifier of the Parish Church of St. Swithin by London Stone.
1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere 66 [Philippi] afterwards renamed from Philip..its Reedifier.
1717 T. Abingdon Antiq. Cathedral Church Worcester 206 The Windows shew..many Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen, and Sir Reginald Bray, most eminent among the Re-edifyers of that beautiful Church.
1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 425 Re-edifiers of fallen temples! and quickeners of dead laurels!
1832 T. De Quincey Cæsars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 605/1 She looked up to him..as the re-edifier of her husband's honours.
1858 G. Pryce Fact versus Fiction 79 William Canynges, Junior..is reduced from the re-edifier and liberal contributor, to the mere treasurer..of the funds raised for advancing the completion of the building.
1997 J. Adamson in N. Ferguson Virtual Hist. (1998) i. 114 Inigo Jones's remodelling of St Paul's, with the entablature..proclaiming Charles as the ‘re-edifier’ of the church, would have continued.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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