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Cal·vin 
[kal-vin] Pronunciation Key
[kal-vin] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | John (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin), 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation. |
| 2. | Melvin, 1911–97, U.S. chemist: Nobel prize 1961. |
| 3. | a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “bald.” |
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| Cal·vin
(kāl'vĭn) Pronunciation Key
French-born Swiss Protestant theologian who broke with the Roman Catholic Church (1533) and set forth the tenets of his theology, known today as Presbyterianism, in Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536). |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| john calvin | |
noun | |
| Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564) [syn: Calvin] |
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