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Counter-Reformations

Counter-Reformations is the plural of Counter-Reformation.

Meaning of Counter-Reformation

Proper noun

Counter-Reformation (plural Counter-Reformations)

  1. (historical) The period of Roman Catholic revival that aimed to combat the Reformation; any of various specific strains of anti-Reformation thought and action.
    • Ranke [Leopold von Ranke] also popularized the term "Counter-Reformation." He initially used this term in the plural (Gegenreformationen, Counter-Reformations). Roman Catholic historians took umbrage because this implied — and frequently stated — the historical and theological priority of the...2011, Carter Lindberg, “Chapter 1: History, Historiography, and Interpretations of the Reformations”, in The European Reformations, 2nd edition, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 10

Questions about Counter-Reformations

What is Counter-Reformations the plural of?
Counter-Reformations is the plural of Counter-Reformation.

Words near Counter-Reformations in the dictionary

  1. counter-rallies
  2. counter-rally
  3. counter-rampant
  4. counter-recoil
  5. Counter-Reformation
  6. Counter-Reformations
  7. Counter-Reformer
  8. Counter-Reformers
  9. counter-revisionist
  10. counter-revisionists
  11. counter-revolution

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