Reformation vs Emendation - What's the difference?
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An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs.
The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
* 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 157
Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.
Reformation is a related term of emendation.
As a proper noun reformation
is the reformation.As a noun emendation is
the act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.reformation
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(en noun)External links
* (Protestant Reformation)emendation
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(en noun)- Then, less melodiously, dissenters of different sects issue a cantankerous emendation .
- The book might be improved by judicious emendations .