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Dutch Reformed

adjective

  1. of or relating to a Protestant denomination DutchReformedChurch, founded by Dutch settlers in New York in 1628 and renamed the Reformed Church in America in 1867.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Dutch Reformed1

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

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Example Sentences

Restrictions on manufactures were abolished and the Dutch Reformed Church was established.

He is of strong religious convictions and a member of the Dutch Reformed Church.

This individualism accounts for the many sects found among the Dutch Reformed.

The ancient home of the Middle Dutch Reformed had also gone for secular purposes.

They are for the most part of the same religion, belonging to the Dutch Reformed Church.

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