reformation
pronunciation
How to pronounce reformation in British English:
UK [ˌrefəˈmeɪʃn]
How to pronounce reformation in American English:
US [ˌrefərˈmeɪʃn]
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- 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
- rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
Word Origin
- reformation (n.)
- "improvement, alteration for the better," late 14c., "restoration;" mid-15c., "improvement," from Old French reformacion and directly from Latin reformationem (nominative reformatio), noun of action from past participle stem of reformare (see reform (v.)). In reference to the European religious movement, it is attested by 1540s, borrowed from Luther. The movement began as a bid to reform doctrines and practices of the Church of Rome.
Example
- 1. The reformation brought a further hardening of attitudes .
- 2. That changed in the wake of the reformation and the counter-reformation .
- 3. The same thing happened in the reformation .
- 4. It was , he added , " the greatest and most stupendous reformation in all history . "
- 5. Genuine reformation and revival have never occurred in the church apart from leaders for whom devotion to god is of paramount importance .