Geneva gown

American  

noun

1. 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.

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Geneva gown British  

noun

1. a long loose black gown with very wide sleeves worn by academics or Protestant clerics

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Etymology

Origin of Geneva gown

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

When I came out of chapel next morning, I found Hofman on the terrace waiting for me, and with him Master Dietz wearing his Geneva gown and a sour face.

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I have a vague recollection of one Vicar of Stoneleigh still preaching in the black silk Geneva gown.

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A pastor in Geneva gown and bands stood at a table head, upon which a few great folios had been heaped to form a rude pulpit.

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So with the directions as to vestments—whether they are the Eucharistic vestments, ordered by the "Ornaments Rubric," or the preacher's Geneva gown not ordered anywhere.

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The Church of God is not dependent upon Gothic arches and stained glass windows, upon ministers in Geneva gowns and upon robed choirs.

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