Reformed

See also: reformed and re-formed

English

Adjective

Reformed (not comparable)

1. Of the Protestant movement typically associated with John Calvin, as separated from the Lutheran Church to pursue more extensive reformation.
2. Of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation.
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     The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith.

3. Of a restorational sect of Catholicism which does not commune with the Vatican, and incorporates evangelical Protestant ideologies.

Synonyms

• (progressed from Lutheranism) Calvinist, Calvinistic

Translations

of the Protestant movement associated with John Calvin

• Afrikaans: hervormd, gereformeer
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: протестантски (protestantski)
• Dutch: hervormd (nl), gereformeerd (nl), reformatorisch (nl) (in limited contexts)
• French: réformé (fr)
• German: reformiert (de)
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See also

• Reform

Anagrams

• deformer