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
Her name survives in a corrupted form as “St. Enoch,” there being now several Scottish churches so designated, though she is distinctly denominated “St. Thanew” in pre-Reformation documents.
From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various
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