Protestant Reformation

American  

noun

1. reformation.

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Example Sentences

Wittenberg, better known to many as a cradle of the Protestant Reformation, is also home to a chemical plant founded in 1915, in the midst of World War I.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

The Renaissance revived themis and unleashed the scientific revolution as the epitome of techne; the Protestant Reformation made the nation-state and democracy the vehicles of both.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

When he talked about the New Apostolic Reformation, he saw a change like the Protestant Reformation that would have a lasting impact and become a new branch of Christianity.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2024

Historians often say that Gutenberg’s mid-15th century invention led to some of the most important changes in Western history — including the Protestant Reformation, nationalism, capitalism, individualism and democracy.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2023

Unsurprisingly, church music was a rather more sombre affair, and the ordinary churchgoer prior to the Protestant Reformation is likely to have found singing in church a miserable, largely non- partidpatory activity.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall