| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents.[Wordnet]
2. Of or pertaining to Calvin, or Calvinism; following Calvin; accepting or Teaching Calvinism.[Websters] 3. Being reformed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb calvinistically.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "Calvinistical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1699. (references) |
Specialty Definition: Calvinistical
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Pertaining to Calvin, or to his opinions in theology.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] Of or pertaining to Calvinism, or those that follow it. 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 138, "His theological opinions are said to have been first calvinistical;..." (references) | ||
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