reformed

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of reform

adj

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.

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

2. Amended in character and life.

   “a reformed gambler/drunkard/alcoholic/criminal”

3. (UK)Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop.
4. (not-comparable)Of the Protestant movement typically associated with John Calvin, as separated from the Lutheran Church to pursue more extensive reformation.
5. (not-comparable)Of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation.

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

6. (not-comparable)Of a restorational sect of Catholicism which does not commune with the Vatican, and incorporates evangelical Protestant ideologies.