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reformation

/ reformation /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches
Type of:
religious movement
noun Sense 2
improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs
Type of:
improvement melioration
Kinds of:
counterreformation
Derived:
reform
noun Sense 3
rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
"the reclamation of delinquent children"
Type of:
rescue deliverance delivery
Derived:
reform reclaim regenerate rectify straighten out
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Sense Count
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Total Synonyms
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Total Relationships
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religious movement improvement melioration counterreformation rescue deliverance delivery