Geneva bands

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]

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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 — plural noun two white cloth strips attached to the collar of some Protestants clerical dress. Origin from Geneva in Switzerland, where orig. worn by Calvinists …   English new terms dictionary

  • 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

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