| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Black Genevan | Literature | 1: "The Nonconformist divine leaves his vestry in his black Genevan, toadied by his deacons and elders."- Newspaper paragraph, July 18th, 1885 (on Sunday bands). 2: (A). A black preaching gown; once used in some Anglican churches, and still used by some Dissenters in the pulpit. So called from Geneva, where Calvin preached in such a robe. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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