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Webster 1913 Edition
Reformed
Re-formed′
(r?-f?rmd′)
, Adj.
1.
Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches.
The town was one of the strongholds of the
Reformed
faith. Macaulay.
2.
Amended in character and life;
as, a
. reformed
gambler or drunkard3.
(Mil.)
Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; – said of an officer.
[Eng.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Reformed
REFORM'ED
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Definition 2024
Reformed
Reformed
English
Adjective
Reformed (not comparable)
- 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.
- Macaulay
- The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith.
- Macaulay
Synonyms
reformed
reformed
English
Verb
reformed
- simple past tense and past participle of reform
Adjective
reformed (comparative more reformed, superlative most reformed)
- 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.
- Macaulay
- The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith.
- Macaulay
- Amended in character and life.
- a reformed gambler or drunkard
- (Britain, military, of an officer) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop.