RE-FORMATION
Re`-for*ma"tion (r`fr*m"shn), n.
Defn: The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square.
REFORMATIVE
Re*form"a*tive (r*frm"*tv), a.
Defn: Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory. Good.
REFORMATORY
Re*form"a*to*ry (-t*r), a.
Defn: Tending to produce reformation; reformative.
REFORMATORY
Re*form"a*to*ry, n.; pl. -ries (-r.
Defn: An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders. Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to reformatories instead of to prisons. Eng. Cyc.
REFORMED
Re*formed" (r*frmd"), 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. The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith. Macaulay.