pre-Reformation
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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There will be another connection with the pre-Reformation era, when the King attends a service at the church of St Paul's Outside the Walls.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
Today, the reputed remains of that fire shrine, a broken Celtic cross and a 105-foot stone round tower, built in the age of pillaging Vikings, are the most visible remains of the pre-Reformation settlement.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
It has impressive tombs, and one of only two pre-Reformation baptismal fonts, where the painter William Hogarth was christened in 1697.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2019
Another feature of that pre-Reformation period, the authors note, was that the Catholic church generally felt powerful enough to deal with pockets of opposition by isolating and neutralising its ideological opponents.
From Economist ● Jan. 21, 2018
In this connection it has been suggested that in pre-Reformation times Willenhall folk duly honoured St. Sunday and well as St. Monday, consecrating both days to the sacred cause of weekly idleness.
From The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick William Hackwood
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