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Geneva gown
noun
a loose, large-sleeved, black preaching gown worn by members of the Protestant clergy: so named from its use by the Calvinist clergy of Geneva, Switzerland.
Origin:
1810–20
1810–20
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Geneva gown
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| Geneva gown | |
| —n | |
| a long loose black gown with very wide sleeves worn by academics or Protestant clerics | |
| [C19: named after | |
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