| a. | 1. | Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches. |
| 2. | Amended in character and life; | |
| 3. | (Mil.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; - said of an officer. |
| Adj. | 1. | Reformed - 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. | reformed - caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one; "a reformed drunkard" |
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