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Reformed

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation, or, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Martin Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point.

    "The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith."

  2. 2
    Of the Protestant movement typically associated with John Calvin, as separated from the Lutheran Church to pursue more extensive reformation. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Amended in character and life.

    "a reformed gambler/drunkard/alcoholic/criminal"

  4. 4
    Of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. not-comparable

    "The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith."

  5. 5
    Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop. UK
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  1. 6
    Of a restorational sect of Catholicism which does not commune with the Vatican, and incorporates evangelical Protestant ideologies. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran wordnet
  2. 2
    caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of reform form-of, participle, past

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