Reformed

See also: reformed and re-formed

English

Adjective

Reformed (not comparable)

1. Of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation.
2. (self-identifier) Of the Protestant movement typically associated with John Calvin, as separated from the Lutheran Church to pursue more extensive 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

See also

• Reform

Anagrams

• deformer