- reformed
- adjective Date: 1563 1. changed for the better 2. capitalized protestant; specifically of or relating to the chiefly Calvinist Protestant churches formed in various continental European countries
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Reformed — Re*formed (r?*f?rmd ), a. 1. Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reformed — reformed; un·reformed; … English syllables
reformed — index penitent, renascent, repentant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
reformed — [ri fôrmd′] adj. 1. improved or corrected, as in behavior or morals, or made better by the removal of errors, abuses, etc. 2. [R ] designating or of a Protestant church or churches, esp. Calvinist or Zwinglian as distinguished from Lutheran … English World dictionary
reformed — adj. Reformed is used with these nouns: ↑alcoholic, ↑character, ↑congregation … Collocations dictionary
reformed — adjective caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one a reformed drunkard • Similar to: ↑regenerate … Useful english dictionary
Reformed — adjective of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran (Freq. 1) Dutch Reformed theology • Similar to: ↑unorthodox … Useful english dictionary
Reformed Churches of New Zealand — is a Reformed Christian denomination in New Zealand. The denomination is constituted of 19 member churches, the first eight of which were formed in 1953. Total membership as of 2007 stands at 3,332. Form of doctrine The doctrine of the Reformed… … Wikipedia
Reformed Churches — • Protestant bodies which adopted the tenets of Zwingli and, later, the doctrinal principles of Calvin Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Reformed Churches Reformed Churches … Catholic encyclopedia
Reformed epistemology — is the title given to a broad body of epistemological viewpoints relating to God s existence that have been offered by a group of Protestant Christian philosophers that includes Alvin Plantinga, William Alston, and Nicholas Wolterstorff among… … Wikipedia
Reformed Presbyterian Church — Reformed Presbyterian may refer to: A mutually recognising set of churches listed at Reformed Presbyterian Church (denominational group), including: The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Cyprus The… … Wikipedia
