\Re*formed"\ (r?*f?rmd"), a.
1. 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.
         The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed
         faith.                                --Macaulay.
2. Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or
   drunkard.
3. (Mil.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the
   disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an
   officer. [Eng.]