reformationaladj.
/ˌrɛfəˈmeɪʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˌrɛfəˈmeɪʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌrɛfərˈmeɪʃ(ə)nəl/ Of, relating to, or concerned with religious or church reform; esp. (usually with capital initial) of, belonging to, or characteristic of the Reformation.
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reformed?1545
reformationary1827
reformational1843
reformationist1948
1843 M. C. Motherwell Mem. A. Blest xi. 261 The late Rev. William Armstrong..bore the following honourable testimony to the labours of the London Hibernian Society, as being instrumental in bringing about this reformational movement.
1858 Times 19 June 9/5 What is in question is the faithfulness of these clergy to the doctrine and practice of the Church of England, as they have existed from the Reformational period to the present moment.
1861 Bp. Ewing in Ross Mem. (1877) xxi. 329 Theologies, Reformational and Roman, have heretofore obscured the light.
1884 Manch. Examiner 20 Oct. 3/6 The black gown..is reformational, and it stands in the way of making an ‘altar’ the great centre of worship.
1909 J. Moyes in Rep. 19th Eucharistic Congr. 1908 37 Both these twin Reformational principles are at root logically one.
1965 Amer. Q. 17 658 The evangelicals stood ready as servants of the Lord to manage their huge reformational apparatus in behalf of order and sobriety.
1993 Renaissance Q. 46 165 The second chapter (on the Reformational response to spiritual crisis) elucidates the contexts in which Luther gives precedence to meditating on Christ over meditating on sin, death, and punishment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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