Reformation
16TH CENTURY SCHISM IN WESTERN CHRISTIANITY
Protestant reformation; Reformation.; Reformation Era; The Protestant Reformation; The Protestant Reformation and Germany; German Reformers; Lutheran Reformation; German Reformation; The Reformation; Reformation in France; Reformation era; Protestant Reform; Protestant revolt; Protestant Revolt; History of the Protestant Reformation; History of the protestant reformation; Christianity reforms; Protestant movement; Reformation, Protestant; Lutheran reformation; Protestant Reformation; Reformation Studies; Age of Reformation; Causes of the Reformation; Protestant Revolution of 16th century; Protestant Revolution of the 16th century; Reformation in Germany; European Reformation
·noun Specifically (Eccl. Hist.), the important religious movement commenced by Luther early in the sixteenth century, which resulted in the formation of the various Protestant churches.
II. Reformation ·noun The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious or corrupt; as, the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses.