Look up: reformation

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   Reformation
   [n] - improvement in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc. 2. [n] - 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
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   Reformation
   the period 1529-59 in which England first rejected the religious authority of the Pope and then changed from Catholic to Protestant doctrine and beliefs.
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   Reformation
   Religious and political movement in 16th-century Europe to reform the Roman Catholic Church, which led to the establishment of the Protestant churches. Anticipated by medieval movements such as...
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   Reformation
   This was a series of major religious reforms and counter-reforms of the 16th century AD. It divided the Christian church into Catholic and Protestant traditions - originally in Germany and Switzerland, but later spread worldwide. There was no single protest movement to the church, no single leader, no defined objectives and no single controlling or...
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   Reformation
   The Reformation was the reform of the Christian Church initiated by Martin Luther in Germany from about 1520 (when he was excommunicated) and resulting in the split of the church into Catholic and Protestant sects. In Britain the Reformation was brought about by Henry VIII. Protestantism was vehemently against all religious imagery and church decor ...
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   Reformation
   The religious movement that attempted to reform the Catholic Church in the mid-sixteenth century.
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   Reformation
   When the Western church split into the Catholic and Protestant denominations in the 16th century.
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   Reformation
   Ref`or·ma'tion noun [ French réformation , Latin 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 . ...
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   reformation
   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, the important religious movement commenc ...
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    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
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    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
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    Reformation
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicio...
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    Reformation
    the religious revolution that took place in the Western church in the 16th century; its greatest leaders undoubtedly were Martin Luther and John ... [156 related articles]
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    Reformation
    Reformation, religious revolution that took place in Western Europe in the 16th cent. It arose from objections to doctrines and practices in the medieval church (see Roman Catholic Church) and ultimately led to the freedom of dissent (see Protestantism).Sections in this article:IntroductionBackgroun...
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    Reformation
    The Protestant Reformation may be dated from 1517, the year Martin Luther (1483-1546), Augustinian monk and University professor in Wittenberg, publicly attacked the sale of indulgences by the itinerant Tetzel, Dominican ambassador of the Roman Church. The break came first in the personality of the monk who could not find in his own religious and ...
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