what does reformation mean?
REFORMATION as NOUN
- Meaning
- rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
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- the reclamation of delinquent children
Hypernyms(s) reformation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- 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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Hypernyms(s) Reformation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- 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
Hypernyms(s) reformation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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