reformed
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Reformed
adj 1: of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity
arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant
churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran;
"Dutch Reformed theology"
2: caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good
one; "a reformed drunkard"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 on
the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the
Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The
Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland,
France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the
Reformed churches.
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The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed
faith. --Macaulay.
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2. Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or
drunkard.
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3. (Mil.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the
disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an
officer. [Eng.]
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "reformed":
advanced, altered, ameliorated, assimilated, beautified, better,
bettered, bowdlerized, changeable, changed, civilized, cleaned,
cleaned up, cleansed, converted, cultivated, cultured, degenerate,
developed, deviant, divergent, educated, embellished, enhanced,
enriched, expurgated, improved, metamorphosed, metastasized,
modified, mutant, naturalized, perfected, polished, purged,
purified, qualified, reborn, rebuilt, redeemed, refined,
regenerated, renewed, revived, revolutionary, spruce, subversive,
tidy, transfigured, transformed, translated, transmuted,
unmitigated, worse
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