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counterreformer

noun

Etymology

From counterreform + -er or counter- + reformer.

  1. derived from réforme
  2. derived from reformo
  3. derived from reformer
  4. inherited from reformen
  5. prefixed as counterreform — “counter + reform”
  6. suffixed as counterreformer — “counterreform + er”

Definitions

  1. One who supports counterreform and is therefore opposed to reform.

  2. Alternative spelling of Counter-Reformer (“proponent of the Counter-Reformation”).

    • According to John Bossy, the Catholic counterreformers attempted to make the parish the primary focus of religious life […]
    • The council [of Trent] also urged caution in the use of vocal polyphony […] Notably, the counterreformers did not follow Luther and Calvin in advocating congregational song in the vernacular.
    • This stands in significant contrast, for example, to the Catholic counterreformer Ignatius of Loyola who, in his Spiritual Exercises, requires that the retreatant consider the idea that God created the whole world for her.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA