Counterreformer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who supports counterreform and is therefore opposed to reform.
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of Counter-Reformer (“proponent of the Counter-Reformation”). alt-of, alternative, historical

    "According to John Bossy, the Catholic counterreformers attempted to make the parish the primary focus of religious life […]"

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"According to John Bossy, the Catholic counterreformers attempted to make the parish the primary focus of religious life […]"

Etymology

From counterreform + -er or counter- + reformer.

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