Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Geneva, Switzerland, or its inhabitants.
- adjective Of or relating to the teachings of John Calvin in Geneva; Calvinistic.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Geneva, Switzerland.
- noun A Calvinist.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Geneva in Switzerland.
- noun An inhabitant of Geneva; a Genevese.
- noun An adherent of Genevan or Calvinistic theology; a Calvinist. See
Calvinism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Geneva.
- noun A supported of Genevanism.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevese.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective From, or pertaining to,
Geneva - noun Someone from
Geneva . - noun A
supporter ofGenevanism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native or resident of Geneva
- noun an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin
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Examples
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On all accounts the Genevan was the better and was driving out its rival.
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The completed French or 'Genevan' Psalter was published in 1562.
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Part of what I believe, as a Presbyterian whose theological heritage is found in the Genevan reformation, is that when my understanding of what the Bible says is in conflict with science or history, or archeology, or with any other way of knowing objectively what is true, the problem isn't science and the problem isn't the Bible.
Ben Daniel: Science, the Bible, and the Vote to Ordain Gays Ben Daniel 2011
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Part of what I believe, as a Presbyterian whose theological heritage is found in the Genevan reformation, is that when my understanding of what the Bible says is in conflict with science or history, or archeology, or with any other way of knowing objectively what is true, the problem isn't science and the problem isn't the Bible.
Ben Daniel: Science, the Bible, and the Vote to Ordain Gays Ben Daniel 2011
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He was equally drawn to Lake Geneva by his deep admiration for the works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the great Genevan writer and forerunner of Romanticism.
Byron in Paradise J.S. Tennant 2011
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But to a Genevan magistrate, whose mind was occupied by far other ideas than those of devotion and heroism, this elevation of mind had much the appearance of madness.
Chapter 23 2010
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Similarly, the story of François de Bonivard, a Genevan monk held captive in the castle's dungeons for four years by the Savoys, was the inspiration behind Byron's poem The Prisoner of Chillon.
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Fab fashion photog and fellow Genevan (with Kim) Pamela Hanson.
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Setting the bar this high for purposes of allowing some infliction of pain for purposes extracting a confession, or coercion, is to contradict both the letter and the spirit of the Genevan Conventions.
Balkinization 2007
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Setting the bar this high for purposes of allowing some infliction of pain for purposes extracting a confession, or coercion, is to contradict both the letter and the spirit of the Genevan Conventions.
Balkinization 2007
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