Meanings
comparative more Calvinistic · superlative most Calvinistic
- alternativeAlternative form of Calvinist.
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.
1924, Herman Melville, chapter 19, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.Synonyms: Calvinistical
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adjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents
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Calvinistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calvinistic
“Calvinistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calvinistic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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