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counter reformation   (TTS Sound)

The noun counter reformation has 1 sense

• Counter Reformation -- (the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected); many leaders were Jesuits)

The noun counterreformation has 1 sense

• counterreformation -- (a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation)