Vocabulary : Reformatory to Refossion
Reformatory : Tending to produce reformation; reformative. ;; An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.Reformed : 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. ;; Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard. ;; Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer.
Re-formed : of Re-form
Reformer : One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses. ;; One of those who commenced the reformation of religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin.
Re-forming : of Re-form
