Calvinistic

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English

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Etymology

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From Calvin +‎ -istic.

Adjective

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Calvinistic (comparative more Calvinistic, superlative most Calvinistic)

  1. Alternative form of Calvinist
    • 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 19, in Billy Budd[1], London: Constable & Co.:
      Their Captain's announcement was listened to by the throng of standing sailors in a dumbness like that of a seated congregation of believers in hell listening to the clergyman's announcement of his Calvinistic text.

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