- Geneva bands
- plural noun two white cloth strips attached to the collar of some Protestants' clerical dress.Originfrom Geneva in Switzerland, where orig. worn by Calvinists.
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Geneva bands
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Geneva bands — n. [after the clerical garb of GENEVA Calvinists] two white cloth strips hanging from the front of the collar, worn by some Protestant clergy … English World dictionary
Geneva bands — noun plural Etymology: Geneva, Switzerland; from their use by the Calvinist clergy of Geneva Date: 1636 two strips of white cloth suspended from the front of a clerical collar and sometimes worn by Protestant clergymen called also Geneva tabs … New Collegiate Dictionary
Geneva bands — two bands or pendent stripes made usually of white lawn and worn at the throat as part of clerical garb, originally by the Swiss Calvinist clergy. Also called bands. [1880 85] * * * … Universalium
geneva bands — n.pl. two white cloth strips attached to the collar of some Protestants clerical dress. Etymology: Geneva in Switzerland, where orig. worn by Calvinists … Useful english dictionary
Geneva bands — Gene′va bands n. pl. rel+clo two white pendent strips worn at the throat in clerical garb • Etymology: 1880–85 … From formal English to slang
Geneva bands — /dʒəˈnivə bændz/ (say juh neevuh bandz) plural noun two bands, or pendant strips, worn at the throat as part of a clerical garb, worn originally by the Swiss Calvinist clergy …
Geneva bands — Женевские ленты … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
Bands (neckwear) — Bands [According to the Oxford English Dictionary, since the 18th century these have been called bands rather than by the singular band .] are a form of formal neckwear, worn by some clergy and lawyers, and with some forms of academic dress. They … Wikipedia
Geneva gown — n. [see GENEVA BANDS] a long, loose, wide sleeved black gown, worn by many Protestant clergy … English World dictionary
Geneva tabs — noun plural see Geneva bands … New Collegiate Dictionary
