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   reformation

   /ˌrɛfəˈmeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of reforming an institution or practice: "he called for the reformation of the current education system"
   • 2. a 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin reformatio(n-), from reformare ‘shape again’ (see reform).

   Derivatives

   • 1. reformational adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

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