Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun counter_reformation

1 sense of counter reformation

Sense 1
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)
       => religious movement -- (a movement intended to bring about religious reforms)


1 sense of counterreformation

Sense 1
counterreformation -- (a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation)
       => reformation -- (improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs)