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reformed

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re·formed  (r-fôrmd)
adj.
1. Improved by the removal of faults or abuses.
2. Improved in conduct or character.
3. Reformed Relating to or being the Protestant churches that follow the teachings of John Calvin and Ulrich Zwingli.
Reformed
Adjective
of a Protestant Church, esp. a Calvinist one
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.Reformed - 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"
unorthodox - breaking with convention or tradition; "an unorthodox lifestyle"
2.reformed - caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one; "a reformed drunkard"
regenerate - reformed spiritually or morally; "a regenerate sinner"; "regenerate by redemption from error or decay"
Translations
reformed [rɪˈfɔːmd] adj → amendé(e) → assagi(e)
reformed [rɪˈfɔːmd] reform adj (character, alcoholic) → gewandelt
reformed [rɪˈfɔːmd] adj → cambiato/a (per il meglio)


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He felt a reformed man, delivered from temptation; and the vision of his future life seemed to him as a promised land for which he had no cause to fight.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
Maybe he grew tired of being God, or maybe it was because the Fijian decamped with the six thousand pounds in the royal treasury; but at any rate the Second Reformed Wesleyans got him, and his entire kingdom went Wesleyan.
The Red One by London, Jack View in context
Of course I reformed my prose style, which had been carefully modelled upon that of Goldsmith and Irving, and began to write in the manner of Macaulay, in short, quick sentences, and with the prevalent use of brief Anglo-Saxon words, which he prescribed, but did not practise.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
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