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ref·or·ma·tion (ref′ər mā′s̸hən)

noun

a reforming or being reformed

Etymology: ME reformacion < L reformatio

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reformation Idioms

the Reformation

the 16th-cent. religious movement that aimed at reforming the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in establishing the Protestant churches

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reformation Synonyms

Reformation

n.

Lutheranism, Protestantism, Puritanism, Calvinism, Anglicanism, Evangelicalism, Unitarianism, Counter-Reformation, Protestant Movement; see also revolution 2.


reformation

n.

  1. The act of reforming

    reform, improvement, amendment, reorganization, reconstruction, renewal, rehabilitation, rearrangement, renovation, transformation, reworking, shifting, realignment; see also change 1, improvement 1.

  2. The state of being reformed

    reawakening, repeal, abolition, rebirth, remaking, reestablishment; see also recovery 1, restoration 1.


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reformation Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • survive: It is the only medieval cathedral on the Scottish mainland to have survived the Reformation of 1560 complete.

Adjective modifier

  • Protestant: Then too there is Martin Luther, the father of the Protestant Reformation.

Modifies a noun

  • theology: C. History of Doctrine: Reformation Theology Theology in Western Europe from Gabriel Biel to Calvin.

Noun used with modifier

  • pre: Outstanding features include a large number of Norwich silver items and an exceptional group of pre Reformation patens unparalleled in other Dioceses.

Preposition: in

  • century: It was the same at the Reformation in the 16th century.

Preposition: of

  • religion: Micah's preaching brought about a reformation of religion in the reign of King Hezekiah.
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   But 'tis the talent of our English nation, Still to be plotting some new reformation.

-Dryden,John

God is decreeing to begin some newand great period in his Church, even to the reforming of Reformation itself. What does he then but reveal Himself to his servants, and as his manner is, first to his Englishmen?

-Milton,John

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