Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Instauration \In`stau*ra"tion\, n. [L. instauratio: cf. F.
   instauration.]
   Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal;
   repair; renovation; renaissance.

         Some great catastrophe or . . . instauration. --T.
                                                  Burnet.

Source : WordNet®

instauration
     n : the act of starting something for the first time;
         introducing something new; "she looked forward to her
         initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new
         scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern
         introduction" [syn: {initiation}, {founding}, {foundation},
          {institution}, {origination}, {creation}, {innovation},
         {introduction}]