GENEVA BANDS


Meaning of GENEVA BANDS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ jə-ˈnē-və- ]

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

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