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reformer noun

  • (historical, Christianity) One who was involved in the Reformation.
hervormer
  • One who reforms, or who works for reform.
hervormer, hervormster

reform noun

  /ɹəˈfɔɹm/ , /ɹɪˈfɔɹm/ , /ɹɪˈfɔːm/ , /ˌɹiːˈfɔɹm/ , /ˌɹiːˈfɔːm/
  • The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
reform

Reformation properNoun

  • (historical) The religious movement initiated in the 16th century against the Roman Catholic Church.
hervorming

Reformed adjective

  • Of the Protestant movement typically associated with John Calvin, as separated from the Lutheran Church to pursue more extensive reformation.
gereformeerd, hervormd, reformatorisch

reform verb

  /ɹəˈfɔɹm/ , /ɹɪˈfɔɹm/ , /ɹɪˈfɔːm/ , /ˌɹiːˈfɔɹm/ , /ˌɹiːˈfɔːm/
  • (transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.
hervormen, reformeren

reforming

reformisme

reformed

hervormd

reformism noun

  • Any of several movements that promote reform
radicalisme
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