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Geneva bands

two white cloth strips hanging from the front of the collar, worn by some Protestant clergy

Etymology: after the clerical garb of Geneva Calvinists

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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