reformed
Americanadjective
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amended by removal of faults, abuses, etc.
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improved in conduct, morals, etc.
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(initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to Protestant churches, especially Calvinist as distinguished from Lutheran.
adjective
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of or designating a Protestant Church, esp the Calvinist as distinct from the Lutheran
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of or designating Reform Judaism
Other Word Forms
- pseudoreformed adjective
- quasi-reformed adjective
- reformedly adverb
- unreformed adjective
Etymology
Origin of reformed
Example Sentences
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Current dog breeding practices will be reformed to tackle puppy farming as part of what the government calls "the biggest animal welfare reforms in a generation".
From BBC
He agrees the licence fee needs to be reformed and made "fairer".
From BBC
To be Afghan is to try to hold your families and communities together while a succession of narratives are remixed, unmixed, overturned, reformed, forgotten and reinvented — and deployed as weapons against your people.
From Salon
“He hopes for a reformed board that is infused with people who are entrepreneurial, creative, have technical apparel experience, lead with innovation, and have a founder mentality,” said Mestrovic.
But he said the RE syllabus would be reformed and he would set out how soon.
From BBC
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