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counterreformation

counterreformation is the alternative form 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

Proper noun capitalized: Counterreformation

Counterreformation

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Counter-Reformation.

Questions about counterreformation

What is counterreformation the alternative form of?
Counterreformation is the alternative form of Counter-Reformation.
What part of speech is counterreformation?
Counterreformation is a proper noun.

Words near counterreformation in the dictionary

  1. counterrecoil
  2. counterreconnaissance
  3. counterreconnaissances
  4. counterrecord
  5. counterreform
  6. counterreformation
  7. counterreformed
  8. counterreformer
  9. counterreformers
  10. counterreforming
  11. counterreforms

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