— reconstructional, reconstructionary , adj.
/ree'keuhn struk"sheuhn/ , n.
1. an act of reconstructing.
2. ( cap. ) U.S. Hist.
a. the process by which the states that had seceded were reorganized as part of the Union after the Civil War.
b. the period during which this took place, 1865-77.
[ 1785-95; RE- + CONSTRUCTION ]