Both Uses of
Reformation
in
Jane Eyre
- Reformation may be its cure; and I could reform — I have strength yet for that — if — but where is the use of thinking of it, hampered, burdened, cursed as I am?†
Chpt 14 *
- "Sir," I answered, "a wanderer's repose or a sinner's reformation should never depend on a fellow-creature.†
Chpt 20 *
Definitions:
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(Reformation as in: The Reformation) a series of Christian efforts to reform the Catholic Church which led to major protestant denominations separate than the Catholic Church (16th century)
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(reformation as in: reformation of the law) attempt to reform or improve existing practices