REFORMATION

reclamation, reformation

(noun) rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; “the reclamation of delinquent children”

Reformation, Protestant Reformation

(noun) 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

reformation

(noun) improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Reformation

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

Etymology

Noun

reformation (countable and uncountable, plural reformations)

An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social, political or religious affairs or in the conduct of persons or operation of organizations.

(law) Change or correction, by a court in equity, to a written instrument to conform to the original intention of the parties.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ref`or*ma"tion (rf`r*m"shn), n. Etym: [F. réformation, 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.

2. Specifically (Eccl. Hist.), the important religious movement commenced by Luther early in the sixteenth century, which resulted in the formation of the various Protestant churches.

Syn.

– Reform; amendment; correction; rectification.

– Reformation, Reform. Reformation is a more thorough and comprehensive change than reform. It is applied to subjects that are more important, and results in changes which are more lasting. A reformation involves, and is followed by, many particular reforms. "The pagan converts mention this great reformation of those who had been the greatest sinners, with that sudden and surprising change which the Christian religion made in the lives of the most profligate." Addison. "A variety of schemes, founded in visionary and impracticable ideas of reform, were suddenly produced." Pitt.

Re`-for*ma"tion (r`fr*m"shn), n.

Definition: The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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