单词	reformation
释义	reformationref‧or‧ma‧tion /ˌrefəˈmeɪʃən $ -fər-/ noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES the reformation of the welfare system EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS His general purpose was to humanize prison conditions and to provide prisoners with opportunities for personal reformation. In so far as he contended for a reformation of poetic diction, he undertook a useful task. Paragraph 3 of Article 10 states that the essential aim of the penal system is reformation and social rehabilitation. Whatever the cause, the reformation of our family, with Dad at the head, never again came to be. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the Reformation After the Reformation several were ordained in the Anglican Church while others became active Nonconformists. Haigh's denial of the existence of anti-clericalism on the eve of the Reformation is a case in point. His writings and public orations constantly attack Protestantism and blame the Reformation for many ills. It was the corruption of the Roman Catholic clergy in medieval times that paved the way for the Reformation. Miracles were performed at his tomb and until the Reformation there was a cult of St Richard the Hermit there. There is of course nothing new in finding new uses: Malmesbury Abbey after the Reformation became Britain's first clothing factory. Word family WORD FAMILYnounformformationtransformationreformerreformreformationreformisttransformerformlessnessadjectivereformedreformistformlessverbformreformtransformadverbformlessly 1[countable, uncountable] formal when something is completely changed in order to improve it2the Reformation the religious changes in Europe in the 16th century, that resulted in the Protestant churches being established
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