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reformation |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reformation \Ref`or*ma"tion\ (r?f`?r*m?"sh?n), n. [F. r['e]formation, L. reformatio.] 1. The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious or corrupt; as the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses. Satire lashes vice into reformation. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Re-formation \Re`-for*ma"tion\ (r?`f?r*m?"sh?n), n. The act of forming anew; a second forming in order as the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Reformation n 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 [syn: {Reformation}] 2: assembling again [syn: {reassembly}, {refabrication}, {remaking}] 3: rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course [syn: {reclamation}]
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