Reformation

See also: reformation, réformation, Réformâtion, and re-formation

English

Proper noun

Reformation

1. The religious movement initiated by Martin Luther in the 16th century to reform the Roman Catholic Church.

Derived terms

• Counter-Reformation

Related terms

• reform
• reformed

Translations

religious movement

• Armenian: Ռեֆորմացիա (Ṙeformacʿia)
• Bengali: খ্রিস্টধর্ম সংস্কার-আন্দোলন (khriśṭdhôrm śôṅśkarô-andolôn), প্রোটেস্টান্ট সংস্কার-আন্দোলন (proṭeśṭanṭ śôṅśkarô-andolôn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宗教改革 (zh) (Zōngjiào Gǎigé)

• Czech: reformace f
• Dutch: hervorming (nl) f
• Finnish: uskonpuhdistus (fi)
• French: réformation (fr) f, Réformation f, Réforme (fr) f

• German: Reformation (de) f
• Greek: Μεταρρύθμιση (el) f (Metarrýthmisi)
• Hungarian: reformáció (hu)
• Italian: riforma protestante f, scisma protestante m
• Kazakh: Реформация (Reformacïya)
• Korean: 종교 개혁 (jonggyo gaehyeok) (宗教改革
• Latin: reformatio (la) f
• Norman: Réformâtion f
• Russian: Реформа́ция f (Reformácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: an t-Ath-leasachadh m
• Vietnamese: Cải cách Kháng nghị, Cải cách Tin Lành
• Welsh: Diwygiad m, Diwygiad Protestannaidd m

See also

• Protestantism

Further reading

• Reformation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia