单词 | reformation |
释义 | reformationn.1 1. Restoration of a particular condition or state of affairs, esp. the re-establishment of peace. Usually with of. Cf. reform v.1 3. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [noun] > restoration of peace reformationa1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 11v God..is..cleping aȝen of þinges þat beþ corrupt by here owne mater, reformacioun of þinges þat beþ..sodeynliche I-meued. 1440 Chancery Proc. Ser. C1 File 9 No. 443 (MED) Þat by your gret wisdom..shall be awarded..for þe reformacion of þe estat to be hadde to þe seyd Bishop. c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 143 (MED) Þis holi man was councelled of cristen men for reformacioun of his helth to dwelle for a tyme a mongis myselles. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 196 (MED) Wher so euer he knewe þat eny discorde or vnrest was Regnynge, he labovrid to make Reformacion of pes. 1533 Fabyans Cronycle (new ed.) II. f. xliii/1 Ye legate vppon his partye..labored so to the kyng that a reformacyon of peace was spoken of. 1733 H. Lindsay Present State Church in Scotl. 31 This Reformation, Peace, and Quiet ensuing thereupon, did last a considerable Time. 1832 T. C. Grattan Legends Rhine & Low Countries I. 98 In the aforesaid chapel at the reformation of peace. 1939 Eng. Hist. Rev. 54 296 Demesnes of the king in Bordeaux, together with fees of nobles, which were recognized from the time of the reformation of peace between England and France. 1995 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 5 39 The establishment of the Poitevin count's rule had been associated with the ‘reformation of peace’ in the city. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > putting right a wrong or loss rightingOE amendsa1393 restitution1395 reformation1405 reparation1405 redress1448 restaurationa1513 reparating1517 dress1549 refoundiment1555 reparelment1584 resarciation?1609 repair1612 redressment1643 retrievinga1680 redressing1712 1405 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 58 Tha merchandis..sewit to Sir Robert..for redres and reformacyoun of thaire gudis thrw virtu of the trewys..ane of tha merchandis..to tak restoryng and reformacioun of thaire said gudis. 1425 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) III. 171 Grete attemptates were done agayn þe trewes..and no redresse ne reformacion þerupon had. 1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 65/2 A Petition is putte to the Kynges Highnes..to have reformation made to the Kynges poeple, of certein Injuries and Wronges done to hem. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 178 [The] jniure yat is done to the wyf, js pertenand till hir husband, and he sal..haue redress and reformacioun of lawe for hir. 1523 in R. K. Hannay Acts Lords of Council Public Affairs (1932) 187 That the Franche men quhilkis makis the said distructioun be compellit to mak reformatioun and payment to the partiis scaithit. 1583 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 82 I do humble craue theme, that they will se my said wiffe and children maynteaned in lawe, for reformation of this crewell murder, committed vpon me. 3. a. The action or process of bringing about an improvement or advancement in an existing state of affairs, institution, practice, etc.; an instance of this, esp. a radical change for the better in political, religious, or social matters. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] betteringeOE amendmentc1230 bote of beam1330 meliorationa1400 upraisingc1400 reformation?a1425 amelioration?a1450 enrichinga1513 amendsa1547 gooding1567 betterment1594 meliorization1599 endearment1612 raisure1613 betterance1614 ascenta1616 ascension1617 enrichmenta1626 improvement1625 booty beam1642 meliorating1647 bonification1652 uplift1873 work1914 pickupa1916 upgrading1920 tone-up1943 stepping1958 upgradation1979 upgrade1980 ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 46 (MED) After siche scharpnes and bittirnes, I schal comforte ȝou in þe reformacyoun of holy chirche. a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 148 (MED) Þe lawes mey be amendet in suche thynges as thay neden reformacion in. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lx I will do for a reformacion of this matter asmuche as a priest may do. 1588 Ld. Burghley Let. 7 May in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 28 Yf I fynde not a due and spedye reformation of all disorders among you. 1644 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1870) VI. i. 76/1 A solemne league and covenant for reformation and defence of religion. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 3 In consequence of the Reformation of Religion, both lost the Authority they had in this City. 1713 G. Berkeley in Guardian 22 May 2/1 The Reformation of the Church and that of Learning began together. 1782 W. Cowper Flatting Mill 14 Alas for the poet! who dares undertake To urge reformation of national ill. 1833 A. Alison Hist. Europe during French Revol. I. ii. 65 If they [sc. bands] are slowly and cautiously unbent, it is Reformation; if suddenly removed,..it is Revolution. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 99 Wolsey talked of reformation, but delayed its coming. 1897 Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. 9 14 The one reformation of delivering the child from the incarceration of the swaddle. 1907 Catholic Encycl. I. 86/1 Apart from its..affected sylvan note, the Arcadian movement marked a positive advance in the reformation of literature. 1990 Sports Illustr. 19 Nov. 110/2 The women's team has undergone a recent reformation and has learned the virtues of playing big. b. spec. Usually with the and capital initial. The great religious movement of the 16th cent., the object of which was the reform of the doctrines and practices of the Church of Rome, and which ended in the establishment of the various Lutheran and Reformed Protestant Churches of Europe (with their later worldwide offshoots); esp. the reform carried out within the Churches of England and Ireland (from 1534 onwards) and the Church of Scotland (1560); (also) the period of time covered by this movement. Now historical.The origins of the Reformation lie in the 14th- and 15th-cent. criticisms of the traditional teaching and institutional nature of the Church made by bodies such as the Lollards and the Hussites, but the Reformation is usually thought of as beginning in 1517 when Martin Luther issued ninety-five theses criticizing Church doctrine and practice. Over the following cent., the ideas of Luther and those of other reformers, especially Calvin and Zwingli, spread, were further developed, and became the dominant expressions of Christian faith across much of Europe, esp. the north. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Reformation > [noun] the new learning?1533 reformation1563 1531 Bp. W. Barlow Dyaloge Lutheran Faccyons sig. d 4 v Martyn Luther..was iugged to be syngulerly chosen of god nowe in these latter days, for a dew reformacion of the hole worlde. ?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst Ep. Ded. sig. A.iii The most christen reformacyon of thys churche of Englande, whych is to other natyons a most wurthie spectacle, so they very turkyshely deryde & mocke.] 1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 67 We ar sa tribulit be ȝow..for nocht assenting generalie to ȝour prætendit Reformatioun. 1566 J. Rastell Third Bk. beware of M. Iewel f. 58v Comparing it with the Popishe Religion, and the Protestantes Reformation, let vs see, which of the two, is more like vnto it. 1588 J. de Frégeville Reformed Politicke 44 To the end to ship the Clergy in the League, they wer perswaded, that within six moneths the Reformation should be vtterly extinguished. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 53 Those great assistants of the Reformation, Luther, and Calvin. 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms cl. 4 That grave and simple Psalmodie..(so much used of old, and by this blessed Reformation restored to the Church). 1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 494 The first Popes Nuntio..that had ever ben in England since the Reformation. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 10 Some few..did lean so grosly to Popery, that the heat and violence of the Reformation became the main subject of their sermons. 1772 T. Warton Life Sir T. Pope 133 The liberal Pontiff did not consider.., that he was undermining the papal interest, and bringing on the Reformation. 1812 J. Brady Clavis calendaria I. 198 Prior to the Reformation, every communicant..was obliged individually to confess to his parish priest. a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 85 The English Reformation..during the early period of its progress,..did not produce a single man of genius. 1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 432/1 The interpretation of the Scriptures in the very early days of the Reformation led to widely different results between Lutherans, Zwinglians, and Calvinists. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 245/2 Except for a few 15th-century prayers and formulæ we do not find any more specimens of Slovene until the Reformation. 1953 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 15 Aug. 37/1 The hopes Erasmus cherished on the eve of the Reformation may be juxtaposed with the forebodings of Aeneas Sylvius some seventy years earlier. 1992 Door (Diocese of Oxf.) Apr. 1/1 Who could listen to Cardinal Hume's sermon without remembering that he was the first Roman Catholic Church leader to preach before the monarch since the Reformation? ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > [noun] > reformed reformation1642 reform1687 1642 T. Matthew in tr. St. Teresa Flaming Hart (title page) S. Teresa, Foundresse of the Reformation, of the Order of the All-Immaculate Virgin-Mother, our B. Lady, of Mount-Carmel. a1649 R. Crashaw Carmen Deo Nostro (1652) 93 The Admirable Sanite [sic] Teresa Foundresse of the Reformation of the Discalced Carmelites, both men and Women. 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iv. xi. 449 These [friars] also being divided yet farther into different Reformations [Fr. réformes], Leo X. commanded them all to be reduced under the single Title of Reformed. 1756 A. Butler Lives Saints I. 387 Leo X in 1517, by a special bull, united all the different reformations of the Franciscans, under the name of Observantines. 4. a. The action of reforming one's own or another's conduct or character; (now) esp. the improvement or correction of the behaviour of a criminal or other antisocial person. Also: an instance of this action, an attempt at reform. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [noun] chastyinga1300 amendmentc1300 risingc1350 castigationc1397 reclaima1400 reformation1425 emendationc1540 emendingc1542 recovery1542 reparence1556 emendment1569 reduction1610 reclamation1629 reclaimer1650 reform1738 1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 268/2 He myght, by vertue of yis protestation, resort ayein to reformation of his seid Lord Erl Mareschall. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 36 (MED) Our Lorde holdith His chapitre and His reformacion [Fr. reformation], and who that woll not lerne of His discipline may holde hymself closid from grace. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xi. 47 Theyr fruytfull problemes for reformacyon To make vs lerne to lyue dyrectly. 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xxxvii. sig. N.iv Excepte it be for reprehensyon, or gentyll reformacyon. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 855 I shall finde you emptie of that fault, Right ioyfull of your reformation . View more context for this quotation a1628 J. Preston Breast-plate of Faith (1631) 192 If there be no reformation in their lives, if a man deny not himselfe in his beloved sinne [etc.]. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 190 My trouble came tumbling upon me again, and that over the neck of all my Reformations. 1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. i. 26 Earnest Endeavours after Reformation and Amendment. 1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xvii. §15 The punishment most subservient to reformation. 1821 Times 29 Sept. 3/2 Prison labour is the groundwork of all improvement, of general tranquillity, and hope of reformation in a prisoner's habits of life and disposition of mind. 1885 ‘H. Conway’ Family Affair I. ix. 177 The work of reformation is child's play to that of making your friends believe you have reformed. 1904 Macmillan's Mag. Mar. 367/1 The house has been the scene of numerous reformations, and not a few young rakes, rescued from the spunging-house and given a new start in life by relatives and friends. 1938 Bill 2 & 3 Geo. VI (Public Bills II) 4. §16 Persons sentenced to corrective training..shall be allocated to a prison..and be given such employment and subjected to such methods of training and discipline as may be best fitted to lead to their reformation. 1967 J. Tharpe Nathaniel Hawthorne x. 127 His purpose is reformation of criminals in that colony which the first Puritans set up as a crimeless haven for saints. 1994 Sci. Amer. May 17/3 Mao ordered the reformation of anyone and the extirpation of anything remotely considered to be bourgeois. b. house of reformation n. (frequently with capital initials) now historical (chiefly U.S. in later use) a prison; a reformatory. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > reform school house of reformation1581 reformatory1758 reform school1839 truant-school1872 training school1905 approved school1932 juvie1967 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > reformatory prison > for young offenders house of reformation1581 reformatory1758 reform school1839 Borstal1907 community home1915 boot camp1978 1581 P. Wiburn Checke or Reproofe M. Howlets Shreeching f. 28v What wrong had that idolatrous wench, who had prostituted her selfe, and her soule to the worse sorte of filthy fornication, if shee were carried to the house of reformation, where shee coulde take no euill example, neyther of life, nor beliefe. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso ii. xvi. 248 There was nothing more necessary, nor of greater consequence in any whatsoever State, then that the House of Reformation should still be kept open. 1765 Proposal for Relief Poor of Norfolk 8 The Directors..shall..build and erect..a House of Reformation and Correction. 1819 J. J. Gurney Notes on Visit to Prisons 71 We have, indeed, in the course of our journey visited no prison, which appeared to us to be so much a house of reformation, as the bridewell at Preston. 1855 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 18 222 I first obtained at Boston the official report of the House of Reformation for juvenile delinquents. 1924 Virginia Law Reg. 9 697 Where punishment for an offense is by fine or imprisonment, it may be executed in any house of reformation for juvenile delinquents. 2001 Daily Record (Baltimore, Maryland) (Nexis) 23 Feb. 1 c Opened in 1872 as the House of Reformation for Colored Boys, Cheltenham has a recent history of rapes, stabbings and beatings, according to the Maryland Coalition to Close Cheltenham. 5. a. Alteration of form or content, revision, amendment; esp. the improvement of something faulty or outmoded; (in early use) spec. †repairs, rebuilding (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > reform amendinga1325 reformation1449 renovation1563 repurgation1564 revocation1579 reform1606 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] > reparation boota1000 reparation?a1425 reformation1449 repair1524 rebuild1826 work1828 renovation1907 do-over1920 remodel1956 1449 Rolls of Parl. V. 151/1 But if..due contynuell reformation be made..of the saide Ordinance..that than for defaute of suche reformation..no manere of Merchandizes..come into the saide Reame. 1464 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Reformatio(u)n(e) Giff thair be graith or reparacions of the altar that misteris reformacon. ?1471 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 356 Maister John Smyth..was none holsom counceller yn the reformacion of the last testament. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. l. 108 Off Babilon bathe towire and town Scho made gude reformacion. 1528 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. xiv. 249 [To] examyne, Refourme, & correcte..alle suche of the saide Actes and Ordynaunces As vppon the examinacion and Reformacion of theym as they shalle thynke to be good and Resonable. c1543 in Parke Dom. Archit. (1859) III. 79 With reformation of your conduyts there. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. xvi. f. 149v Vnlesse the kalenders bee reformed..(for the Romane reformation is not so exactlie true as it might be). 1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood Epigram xii. sig. Bv Fine Phillip comes vnto the Barbers shopp, Wheer's nittie lockes must suffer reformation. 1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. c8 All such as the very aspects of number of Brick-buildings, since the reformation of a Gotis relick building, hath manifested to have been the maine cause. 1743 P. Francis in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes II. 237 (note) Chabotius and Cerutus began the Reformation of the Text, in referring decens to motus, and not to color. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. v. 49 Even before the late reformation of the gold coin of Great Britain. View more context for this quotation 1829 Simons & Stuart Rep. Cases Chanc. I. 218 Whether a Court of Equity will refuse to reform an Instrument..because it happened to be drawn by the Party seeking that reformation. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xxiii. 311 When the public attention was called to the reformation of the Kalendar. 1906 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 26 139 That his reformation of the coinage was intended to further his foreign and colonial commercial policy is made the more probable by extant coins. 1933 Times 29 Dec. 16/2 The letter, in urging the necessity for a reformation of the currency, concluded with some pertinent observations on the use and abuse of paper money. 2002 Irish Times (Nexis) 31 Dec. 30 An arrangement which survived the Julian Reformation of the calendar in 46 BC and became the standard for much of southern Europe. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > [noun] healingc1000 healc1175 coveringc1230 recovering1380 curinga1382 amendmenta1400 recoverancea1400 sanationc1440 refeting?a1450 mendingc1480 convalescence1490 recovery1533 amendsa1616 restoration1638 upsitting1647 convalescing1650 convalescency1651 reconvalescence1672 analepsis1749 invalescence1755 reformation1772 revalescence1823 pickupa1916 1772 S. Johnson Let. 19 Oct. (1992) I. 399 Tell me that you are busy in reformation. a. Control, direction, authority. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] doomc1000 strengthOE obediencea1225 bandon?c1225 mastery?c1225 authority1340 bailliec1380 obeisancea1393 baila1400 mastership?a1425 jurisdictionc1425 masterdomc1475 reformation1523 maistrice1526 swinge1531 potentness1581 obey1584 masterfulnessa1586 prevailance1592 covert1596 magistrality1603 command1608 magistery1642 magisteriality1646 sway1765 tenure1871 1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 2 All maner of personnes beyng Alyens..occupieng any mistery or handy craft..shalbe under the Serche and Reformacion of the Wardens and the Felowshyppes of handy craftes. b. under (also saving) reformation: subject to someone's amendment, correction, or direction (esp. that of the person addressed). Usually with of or possessive adjective, specifying the person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > subject to correction though I say it that should notc888 under correctionc1374 under (also saving) reformation1553 with (great) submission1597 1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Ded. sig. aa.viiv I would rather thinke (sauing reformacion of other better learned) that this Tharsis..were rather some other countrey. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xli. sig. W iii With your assent, (Under reformacion) I wolde se here tride, One thing. 1558 Ld. Wentworth Let. to Queen 2 Jan. in E. Arber Eng. Garner (1882) (modernized text) IV. 194 Under your Majesty's reformation..I am of opinion there would be enow. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 98 I say again, that (vnder the reformation of their better knowledges) I neither like nor would haue anye man either practise this or any of the other experiments. 1616 E. Coke in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 173 I shall be able..to make the case (saving your Majesty's reformation) without all question. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 189 Wee thinke it (vnder your Lordships reformation) very expedient, that in euery of them, Cittadels were raised. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > levying or mobilizing > disbanding disordering1523 disbanding1611 cash1617 cashiering1629 reducing1646 reformation1668 reform1698 disbandment1720 demobilization1850 disembodiment1871 demob1918 society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] > type or manner of service > active > removal from active list reformation1668 1668 London Gaz. No. 282/2 His Most Christian Majesty having resolved upon the discharge and reformation of the greatest part of his forces. 1670 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 468 The late reformation amongst all the reformed officers. Compounds C1. reformation principles n. ΚΠ 1645 J. Saltmarsh Opening Prynnes New Bk. 6 There were some takings in of Reformation-principles, as when they would go from Popery to Prelacy. 1661 J. Guthrie (title) The great Danger of backsliding and defection from Covenanted Reformation-principles. 1866 Testimony of Reformed Presbyterian Church in Scotl. iv. iv. 127 At that time they enjoyed the labours of a minister who seemed to hold Reformation principles very firmly. 1993 William & Mary Q. 50 537 Whitefield believed that the Anglican Book of Homilies reflected the sound Reformation principles he preached but most clergymen had abandoned. C2. reformation act n. = reformation statute n. ΚΠ 1898 Sir W. Harcourt in Westm. Gaz. 4 July 2/3 The great Reformation Act of Elizabeth. 1981 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 53 513 In England there was no popular groundswell preceding the Reformation acts of the 1530s, and there were no abrupt changes. ΚΠ 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. v. i. 224 A kindly youth and a godly, but—reformation-bitten, like the rest. ΚΠ 1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune iv. i. 49 That grave hypocrytital [sic] Beard of the reformation Cut? 1682 A. Behn Roundheads ii. i. 14 Therefore, the diminutive Band, with the Hair of the Reformation Cut, beneath which, a Pair of large sanctify'd Souses appear, to declare to the World, they had hitherto escap'd the Pillory. ΚΠ 1723 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 45. ¶10 That many of these pretended Reformation-mongers, have proved themselves as bad Christians, as their Ancestors were Subjects. 1851 Southern Literary Messenger 17 257/1 These reformation-mongers, who deform our times. reformation statute n. any of the Acts of Parliament of the 16th cent., which contributed to establishing the Church of England as a Protestant national church, esp. (in plural) those passed by Henry VIII between 1532 and 1534. ΚΠ 1775 London Mag. June 286/2 A new clause,..which repeals so much of the famous reformation-Statute of the first Elizabeth. 1898 Sir W. Harcourt in Westm. Gaz. 4 July 2/3 The Reformation statutes by which the doctrines and practice of the Church of England were established by law. 2005 G. W. Bernard King's Reformation (2007) i. 68 The purpose of the reformation statutes was sixfold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : re-formationn.2 < see also |
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