reformed

reformed

1. simple past and past participle of reform

reformed (comparative more reformed, superlative most reformed)

1. Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation, or, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Martin Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 16, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith.

2. Amended in character and life.

   a reformed gambler or drunkard

3. (UK, military, of an officer) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop.

• deformer