reformation

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ref·or·ma·tion [reformation reformations] BrE [ˌrefəˈmeɪʃn] NAmE [ˌrefərˈmeɪʃn] noun
1. uncountable (formal)the act of improving or changing sb/sth
2. the Reformationsingular new ideas in religion in 16th century Europe that led to attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church and to the forming of the Protestant Churches; the period of time when these changes were taking place

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin reformatio(n-), from reformare ‘shape again’, from re- ‘back’ formare ‘to form, shape’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  reclamation, Reformation, Protestant Reformation