- 16th-century religious movement - Some scripture format I only needed for Protestant movement - The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed;
change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners,
or of anything vicious or corrupt; as, the reformation of manners;
reformation of the age; reformation of abuses. - Specifically (Eccl. Hist.), the important religious
movement commenced by Luther early in the sixteenth century, which
resulted in the formation of the various Protestant churches.
- One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper
represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th
century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title. - One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite
literature. - One versed in knowledge of human nature.
- One of a religious order who are the regular clerks of the
Scuole Pie (religious schools), an institute of secondary education,
founded at Rome in the last years of the 16th century.