short definition of reformation/protestant reformation
Protestant Reformation - a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches Reformation religious movement - a movement intended to bring about religious reforms
Definition of 'reformation'. reformation. The reformation of something is the act or process of changing and improving it. He devoted his energies to the reformation of science. The Reformation is the movement to reform the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century, which led to the Protestant church being set up. ...a famous statue of the Virgin which was destroyed during the Reformation.