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reformed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective reformed has 2 senses
- reformed(s = adj.all) Array - of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran; "Dutch Reformed theology"
- reformed(s = adj.all) Array - caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one; "a reformed drunkard"
CIDE DICTIONARY
reformed, a.
- Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches. [1913 Webster]"The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith." [1913 Webster]
- Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard. [1913 Webster]
- Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
reformed
advanced, altered, ameliorated, assimilated, beautified, better, bettered, bowdlerized, changeable, changed, civilized, cleaned, cleaned up, cleansed, converted, cultivated, cultured, degenerate, developed, deviant, divergent, educated, embellished, enhanced, enriched, expurgated, improved, metamorphosed, metastasized, modified, mutant, naturalized, perfected, polished, purged, purified, qualified, reborn, rebuilt, redeemed, refined, regenerated, renewed, revived, revolutionary, spruce, subversive, tidy, transfigured, transformed, translated, transmuted, unmitigated, worse
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