单词 | geneva bands |
释义 | Geneva bandsplural nountwo bands or pendent stripes made usually of white lawn and worn at the throat as part of clerical garb, originally by the Swiss Calvinist clergy. Also called bands. Origin of Geneva bandsFirst recorded in 1880–85 Words nearby Geneva bandsgenetic screening, genetic testing, genetotrophic, gene transfer, geneva, Geneva bands, Geneva Convention, Geneva Conventions, Geneva cross, Geneva gown, Genevan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Geneva bandsGeneva bands pl na pair of white lawn or linen strips hanging from the front of the neck or collar of some ecclesiastical and academic robes Word Origin for Geneva bandsC19: named after Geneva, where originally worn by Swiss Calvinist clergy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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