GENEVA BANDS


Meaning of GENEVA BANDS in English

Pronunciation: j ə - ' n ē -v ə -

Function: 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

Geneva bands

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