reformed

See also: Reformed and re-formed

English

reformed

reformed (comparative more reformed, superlative most reformed)

Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation, or, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Martin Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 16, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
  The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith.
Amended in character and life.
a reformed gambler or drunkard
(UK, military, of an officer) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop.

of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation