单词 | re-reformed |
释义 | re-reformedn.adj. A. n. With plural agreement. People who have been reformed again considered collectively; spec. members of the Dutch Re-reformed Church. ΚΠ 1756 P. Whalley in B. Jonson Wks. II. 281 (note) A satire on the puritans, the re-reformed of those days. 1970 Jrnl. Sci. Study of Relig. 9 221 The nineteenth century saw a compromise between the various religious groups, which by the beginning of the present century included Dutch Reformed, Re-Reformed.., Roman Catholics, and a secular, or Humanist group. 2003 L. Halman & O. Riis Relig. in Secularizing Society ii. vi. 33 We may focus on members of Protestant free churches, such as Baptists, Pentecostals, Dutch Re-reformed, or Mormons. B. adj. That has been reformed again. ΚΠ 1837 T. P. Thompson Let. 22 Apr. in Exercises (1842) IV. 248 It is the engine that is in fault; we must have a re-reformed one. 1864 Union Rev. 2 233 We do not know that the re-reformed Liturgy has been used yet. 1973 William & Mary Q. 30 540 He scorned only the re-reformed Calvinists who had engineered the victory at the Synod of Dort. 2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 30 Dec. A number of British local authorities will immediately transfer all their funds to the re-reformed organisation. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1756 |
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