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Reformed has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

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Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of reform

"After years of trouble, he finally became a reformed man who never missed work again."

Adjective
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"

3

Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation, or, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Martin Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point.

"The congregation split into a Reformed group that adopted stricter worship practices distinct from their Lutheran neighbors."

4

Of the Protestant movement typically associated with John Calvin, as separated from the Lutheran Church to pursue more extensive reformation.

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