COUNTER REFORMATION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Counter Reformation" is a kind of...):

religious movement (a movement intended to bring about religious reforms)

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