reformed

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of reform

comparative more reformed · superlative most reformed

1. 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.

   The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith.

   1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XVI, 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

2. Amended in character and life.

   a reformed gambler/drunkard/alcoholic/criminal

3. UKgovernmentRetained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop.

1. not comparableOf the Protestant movement typically associated with John Calvin, as separated from the Lutheran Church to pursue more extensive reformation.

   Synonyms: Calvinist

2. not comparableOf the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation.

   The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith.

   1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XVI, 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

3. not comparableOf a restorational sect of Catholicism which does not commune with the Vatican, and incorporates evangelical Protestant ideologies.