Search Result for "counter reformation":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Counter Reformation
    n 1: 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