Usually means: Revolutionary reform in religious institutions.
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  1. reformation, the Reformation, the reformation: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. reformation, the Reformation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. reformation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. reformation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Reformation, reformation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Reformation, reformation: Wordnik
  7. reformation, the Reformation, the reformation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Reformation, reformation: Wiktionary
  9. reformation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. reformation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. reformation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Reformation: Dictionary.com
  13. reformation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. reformation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Reformation (Indonesia), Reformation (Spandau Ballet album), Reformation (The Wire), Reformation (disambiguation), Reformation (film), Reformation, The Reformation (Story of Civilization), The Reformation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Reformation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. reformation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Reformation: Rhymezone
  19. Reformation (f), Reformation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. reformation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. reformation: Free Dictionary
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  1. Reformation: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. reformation: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. reformation: Law.com Dictionary
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  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. reformation: Legal dictionary
  7. reformation: Financial dictionary

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  1. Reformation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)
  2. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

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  1. reformation: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See reformational as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social, political or religious affairs or in the conduct of persons or operation of organizations.
noun:  (law) Change or correction, by a court in equity, to a written instrument to conform to the original intention of the parties.
noun:  (historical) The religious movement initiated in the 16th century against the Roman Catholic Church.
noun:  Alternative form of re-formation. [A new formation (a subsequent coming together of the elements of a former grouping).]

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