PROTESTANT REFORMATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Protestant Reformation mean? 

• PROTESTANT REFORMATION (noun)
  The noun PROTESTANT REFORMATION has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: PROTESTANT REFORMATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTESTANT REFORMATION (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Protestant Reformation; Reformation

Hypernyms ("Protestant Reformation" is a kind of...):

religious movement (a movement intended to bring about religious reforms)