What is "refounded"

Usage examples of "refounded".

The old King Henry had refounded it upon the remnant of an older house of secular canons, very poorly endowed and quietly mouldering, but the Augustinians had made a success of it, and the fine gatehouse, spacious court and splendid church spoke for their zeal and efficiency.

An old, old house, centuries old, and refounded and endowed by the Confessor, and bestowed by him upon Saint Denis.

The surviving religions, refounded and cleansed, purged of corruption and greed, were reemerging into the light, and-it seemed to David-were beginning to address their true mission, which was humanity's search for the transcendent.

But the new wall that was built by Herod Agrippa included it, and when Hadrian refounded the city he placed the forum here, at the crossroads.

And Lake-town was refounded and was more prosperous than ever, and much wealth went up and down the Running River.