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aggiornamento

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ag·gior·na·men·to  (-jôrn-mnt)
n. pl. ag·gior·na·men·tos
The process of bringing an institution or organization up to date; modernization.
[Italian, from aggiornare, to update : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + giorno, day (from Latin diurnus, daily; see diurnal).]
aggiornamento Italian [addʒornaˈmɛnto]
n pl -ti [-ti]
RC Church the process of bringing up to date methods, ideas, etc.
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Their approach to reform was characterized by three elements: aggiornamento or adaptive updating; ressourcement, returning to the sources of the past in order to make the present more authentic; and development, viewing tradition as dynamic rather than inert.
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