Reformed

Word REFORMED
Character 8
Hyphenation re formed
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Reformed"

What do we mean by reformed?

Improved by the removal of faults or abuses. adjective

Improved in conduct or character. adjective

Relating to or being the Protestant churches that follow the teachings of John Calvin and Ulrich Zwingli. adjective

Corrected; amended; restored to a better or to a good state: as, a reformed profligate; reformed spelling.

Deprived of rank or position, or reduced in pay. Sec reformado, 2.

In the United States:

The Reformed (Dutch) Church in America, growing out of a union among the Dutch churches in America in 1770 and finally perfected in 1812. The territory of the denomination was at first limited to the States of New York and New Jersey and a small part of Pennsylvania, but was gradually extended to the West. The affairs of each congregation are managed by a consistory, consisting of elders and deacons chosen for two years. The elders, with the pastor, receive and dismiss members and exercise discipline; the deacons have charge of the alms. Both together are ex officio trustees of the church, hold its property, and call its minister. Ex-elders and ex-deacons constitute what is called the Great Consistory, which may be summoned to give advice in important matters. The minister and one elder from each congregation in a certain district constitute a classis, which supervises spiritual concerns in that district. Four ministers and four elders from each classis in a larger district make a Particular Synod, with similar powers. Representatives, clerical and lay, from each classis, proportioned in number to the size of the classis, constitute the General Synod, which has supervision of the whole, and is a court of last resort in judicial cases. The church is Calvinistic in its theological belief, and possesses a liturgy the greater part of which is optional except the offices for the sacraments, for ordination, and for church discipline.

The Reformed (German) Church in the United States. This church was constituted by colonies from Germany in New York, Maryland, Virginia, and North and South Carolina, The first synod was organised September 27th, 1747, under the care of the Reformed Classis of Amsterdam. The church holds to the parity of the ministry, maintains a presbyterial form of government, is moderately Calvinistic in its theology, and provides liturgical forms of service, which are, however, chiefly optional.

The True Reformed Dutch Church, the result of a secession from the Reformed Dutch Church in America in 1822.

The Reformed Episcopal Church, an Episcopal church organized in the United States in 1873, by eight clergymen and twenty laymen previously members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. It maintains the episcopacy as a desirable form of church polity, but not as of divine obligation, continues to use the Book of Common Prayer, but in a revised form, and rejects the doctrines of apostolic succession, the priesthood of the clergy, the sacrifice or oblation in the Lord's Supper, the real presence, and baptismal regeneration.

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. adjective

Amended in character and life. adjective

Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer. adjective

Simple past tense and past participle of reform. verb

Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation, or, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Martin Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. adjective

Amended in character and life. adjective

Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop. adjective

Formed again or anew adjective

Caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one adjective

Of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran adjective

To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better

To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits

To form again or in a new configuration.

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The word "reformed" in example sentences

We hear of reformed drunkards, and reformed thieves; and _why may not a petulant temper be reformed_, but a system of total abstinence from all harsh, unkind moods and expressions? ❋ Charles W. Sanders (N/A)

Your version of reformed is pretty different from mine: While I will admit that you were not the total ass of your Cleanville Tziabitz days, you were still pretty obnoxious. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So the wagon train reformed and the Mormons surrounded them and they started off, then the order was given and the Mormons opened fire and slaughtered every man first, and then set about murdering every woman and child. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What needs to be reformed is coverage that is offered through COBRA – I have had to be on that 3 times and it is outrageous! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Anyway, the Privateer, a former Manhunter who had apparently reformed, is revealed to be a scheming criminal mastermind. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While I am dedicated to sharing the most interesting, tantalizing, and conversation provoking info, I act as a true fan here and will remain reformed of the practice of posting ‘ruiners.’ ❋ Unknown (2007)

Along with the plates, Smith recovered the Urim and Thummin, which he used to interpret the plates, which were inscribed in "reformed Egyptian," whatever that is (Williams 1991: 162-163). ❋ Unknown (2007)

That the extent to which they can be reformed is limited, to some degree, by nature – by an inherited nature? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Scraps left over from making formed ham may be used in reformed ham. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Hilyard, of the popular kind of eloquence, which -- short, plain, generous, and simple -- cuts its way at once through the feelings to the policy, Warwick briefly but forcibly recapitulated to the commons the promises he had made to the captains; and as soon as they heard of taxes removed, the coinage reformed, the corn thrave abolished, the ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

Bradwardine, to the situation of what he called reformed officers, or reformadoes), added to the liveliness, though by no means to the regularity, of the scene, by galloping their horses as fast forward as the press would permit, to join their proper station in the van. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He rebuked Chicago blacks who are championing the release of a convicted -- but supposedly "reformed" -- gang leader. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As far as Obama is concerned, the only religion to be "reformed" -- which is to say destroyed -- is not the west's historic adversary but its progenitor. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Social Security doesn't need to be "reformed" -- it needs a little more revenue, most or all of which could be provided by lifting the payroll tax cap. ❋ RJ (2011)

The Wieder Blutbaden, aka the reformed Big Bad Wolves, turn to diet, drugs or exercise to deal with their more animal natures. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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