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Counter Reformation: Meaning and Definition of

Coun'ter Reforma'tion

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. the movement within the Roman Catholic Church that followed the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century.

coun•ter•ref•or•ma•tion

Pronunciation: (koun'tur-ref"ur-mā'shun), [key]
— n.
  1. a reformation opposed to or counteracting a previous reformation.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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