uskonpuhdistus.
Reformation, the Protestant Reformation (religious movement initiated by Martin Luther)
Meaning & usage
Reformation, the Protestant Reformation (religious movement initiated by Martin Luther)
Where this word comes from
uskon (“of the faith”, genitive) + puhdistus (“purification”), hence “purification of the faith”. Coined by Finnish journalist, poet and translator Paavo Tikkanen in 1847, probably as a calque of now archaic German Glaubensreinigung.
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