reformationref‧or‧ma‧tion /ˌrefəˈmeɪʃən $ -fər-/ noun

- the reformation of the welfare system
- 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.
► 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.
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