Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence;
   said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches
   originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of
   those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation,
   etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point.
   The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France,
   Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches.