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reformation
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reformation
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Re-formation
(gcide) | Re-formation \Re`-for*ma"tion\ (r?`f?r*m?"sh?n), n.
The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the
reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square.
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Reformation
(gcide) | Reformation \Ref`or*ma"tion\ (r?f`?r*m?"sh?n), n. [F.
r['e]formation, 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.
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Satire lashes vice into reformation. --Dryden.
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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.
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Syn: Reform; amendment; correction; rectification.
Usage: 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.
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reformation
(wn) | reformation
n 1: 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
2: 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 [syn: Reformation,
Protestant Reformation]
3: rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the
reclamation of delinquent children" [syn: reclamation,
reformation] |
REFORMATION
(bouvier) | REFORMATION, criminal law. The act of bringing back a criminal to such a
sense of justice, so that he may live in society without any detriment to
it.
2. The object of the criminal law ought to be to reform the criminal,
while it protects society by his punishment. One of the best attempts at
reformation is the plan of solitary confinement in a penitentiary. While the
convict has time to reflect he cannot be injured by evil example or corrupt
communication.
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counterreformation
(encz) | counterreformation, n: |
preformation
(encz) | preformation, n: |
self-reformation
(encz) | self-reformation, n: |
theory of preformation
(encz) | theory of preformation, n: |
Preformation
(gcide) | Preformation \Pre`for*ma"tion\, n. (Biol.)
An old theory of the pre["e]xistence of germs. Cf.
{Embo[^i]tement}.
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Re-formation
(gcide) | Re-formation \Re`-for*ma"tion\ (r?`f?r*m?"sh?n), n.
The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the
reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square.
[1913 Webster]Reformation \Ref`or*ma"tion\ (r?f`?r*m?"sh?n), n. [F.
r['e]formation, 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.
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Satire lashes vice into reformation. --Dryden.
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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.
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Syn: Reform; amendment; correction; rectification.
Usage: 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.
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Reformation
(gcide) | Re-formation \Re`-for*ma"tion\ (r?`f?r*m?"sh?n), n.
The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the
reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square.
[1913 Webster]Reformation \Ref`or*ma"tion\ (r?f`?r*m?"sh?n), n. [F.
r['e]formation, 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.
[1913 Webster]
Satire lashes vice into reformation. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Reform; amendment; correction; rectification.
Usage: 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.
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Unreformation
(gcide) | Unreformation \Un*ref`or*ma"tion\, n.
Want of reformation; state of being unreformed. [Obs.] --Bp.
Hall.
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counter reformation
(wn) | Counter Reformation
n 1: the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the
Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the
authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected); many
leaders were Jesuits |
counterreformation
(wn) | counterreformation
n 1: a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior
reformation |
preformation
(wn) | preformation
n 1: a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited)
that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny
fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the
germ cell [syn: preformation, theory of preformation] |
protestant reformation
(wn) | Protestant Reformation
n 1: 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 [syn: Reformation,
Protestant Reformation] |
self-reformation
(wn) | self-reformation
n 1: the act of improving yourself [syn: self-improvement,
self-reformation] |
theory of preformation
(wn) | theory of preformation
n 1: a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited)
that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny
fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the
germ cell [syn: preformation, theory of preformation] |
REFORMATION
(bouvier) | REFORMATION, criminal law. The act of bringing back a criminal to such a
sense of justice, so that he may live in society without any detriment to
it.
2. The object of the criminal law ought to be to reform the criminal,
while it protects society by his punishment. One of the best attempts at
reformation is the plan of solitary confinement in a penitentiary. While the
convict has time to reflect he cannot be injured by evil example or corrupt
communication.
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