Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation;
used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran;
- Example: "Dutch Reformed theology"2.
caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one;
- Example: "a reformed drunkard"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Re-form \Re-form"\ (r?*f?rm"), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Re-formed (-f?rmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Re-forming.]
To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or
to take a new form; as, to re-form the line after a charge.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reformed \Re*formed"\ (r?*f?rmd"), a.
1. 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.
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The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed
faith. --Macaulay.
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2. Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or
drunkard.
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3. (Mil.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the
disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an
officer. [Eng.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Reformed
adj 1: of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity
arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant
churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran;
"Dutch Reformed theology"
2: caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good
one; "a reformed drunkard"