COUNTERREFORMATION


Meaning of COUNTERREFORMATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkau̇n-tə(r)-ˌre-fər-ˈmā-shən ]

noun

Date: 1840

1. usually Counter-Reformation : the reform movement in the Roman Catholic Church following the Reformation

2. : a reformation designed to counter the effects of a previous reformation

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.