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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dutch Reformed¹

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Example Sentences

His father belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church, and his mother was a Mennonite, although they were not particularly observant.

From Washington Post

As a fourth-generation West Michigander and deacon in her Dutch Reformed Church, Scholten says she is confident that her reputation will usurp what she describes as “baseless attacks by someone that has no connection” to the district.

From Washington Post

Throughout the years of struggle, clerics were at the forefront, raising their banners — Methodist, Catholic or Anglican — against the white authorities who sought biblical justification for apartheid in the teachings of the segregated Dutch Reformed Church.

From New York Times

A member of the smallest and most strictly Calvinist branch of the Dutch Reformed Church, he developed the sense that God had called upon him to unite and save the people of South Africa from a prolonged and bloody conflict.

From Washington Post

Nor are Dutch Reformed Congregations and a number of faith healing Christian denominations.

From Slate