English-Thai Dictionary

reformation

N การปฏิรูป  การปรับปรุง ใหม่  kan-pa-ti-rub

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REFORMATION

n. 1. The act of reforming; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of any thing vicious or corrupt; as the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses.
Satire lashes vice into reformation.
2. By way of eminence, the change of religion from the corruptions of popery to its primitive purity, begun by Luther, A.D. 1517.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REFORMATION

Ref `or *ma "tion (rf `r *m "shn ), n. Etym: [F. réformation, L.reformatio.]

 

1. 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.Satire lashes vice into reformation. Dryden.

 

2. 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.

 

Syn. -- Reform; amendment; correction; rectification. -- Reformation, Reform. Reformation is a more thorough and comprehensive change than reform. It is applied to subjects that are more important, and results in changes which are more lasting. A reformation involves, and is followed by, many particular reforms. "The pagan converts mention this great reformation of those who had been the greatest sinners, with that sudden and surprising change which the Christian religion made in the lives of the most profligate. " Addison. "A variety of schemes, founded in visionary and impracticable ideas of reform, were suddenly produced. " Pitt.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reformation

ref or ma tion |ˌrefərˈmāSHən ˌrɛfərˈmeɪʃən | ▶noun 1 the action or process of reforming an institution or practice: the reformation of the Senate. 2 (the Reformation ) a 16th -century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Catholic Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches. The roots of the Reformation go back to the 14th -century attacks on the wealth and hierarchy of the Church made by groups such as the Lollards and the Hussites. But the Reformation is usually thought of as beginning in 1517 when Martin Luther issued ninety-five theses criticizing Church doctrine and practice. In Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Saxony, Hesse, and Brandenburg, supporters broke away and established Protestant churches, while in Switzerland a separate movement was led by Zwingli and later Calvin. DERIVATIVES ref or ma tion al |-SHənl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin reformatio (n- ), from reformare ‘shape again ’ (see reform ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

reformation

ref ¦or |ma ¦tion |rɛfəˈmeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the action or process of reforming an institution or practice: the reformation of the Senate. 2 (the Reformation ) a 16th -century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches. The roots of the Reformation go back to the 14th -century attacks on the wealth and hierarchy of the Church made by groups such as the Lollards and the Hussites. But the Reformation is usually thought of as beginning in 1517 when Martin Luther issued ninety-five theses criticizing Church doctrine and practice. In Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Saxony, Hesse, and Brandenburg, supporters broke away and established Protestant Churches, while in Switzerland a separate movement was led by Zwingli and later Calvin. DERIVATIVES reformational adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin reformatio (n- ), from reformare ‘shape again ’ (see reform ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Reformation

Re for ma ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Reformati o n |die Reformation; Genitiv: der Reformation, Plural: die Reformationen lateinisch reformatio = Umgestaltung, Erneuerung, zu: reformare, reformieren 1 ohne Plural religiöse Erneuerungsbewegung des 16. Jahrhunderts, die zur Bildung der evangelischen Kirchen führte 2 bildungssprachlich veraltend Erneuerung, geistige Umgestaltung, Verbesserung

 

Reformationsfest

Re for ma ti ons fest Substantiv, Neutrum evangelische Kirche , das |Reformati o nsfest |Gedenkfeier für den als Beginn der Reformation geltenden Anschlag der 95 Thesen Luthers (am 31. 10. 1517 in Wittenberg )

 

Reformationstag

Re for ma ti ons tag Substantiv, maskulin evangelische Kirche , der |Reformati o nstag |Tag (31. Oktober ), an dem das Reformationsfest begangen, der Reformation 1 gedacht wird

 

Reformationszeit

Re for ma ti ons zeit Substantiv, feminin , die |Reformati o nszeit |Zeit der Reformation 1

 

Reformationszeitalter

Re for ma ti ons zeit al ter Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Reformati o nszeitalter |

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

reformation

ref or ma tion /rèfə r méɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 U ｟かたく ｠〖具体例では 可算 〗(大規模な )改良, 改善, 改革 .2 〖the R- 〗〘史 〙宗教改革 〘プロテスタント教会の設立につながった16世紀の宗教運動 〙.3 U (組織の )再結成 .