- 1connected with a Church that follows the teachings of the French Protestant, John Calvin
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- 2having very strict moral attitudes
Calvinist
adjectiveNAmE//ˈkælvənɪst//
(also Calvinistic NAmE//ˌkælvəˈnɪstɪk//
)NAmE//ˈkælvəˌnɪzəm//
noun [uncountable] See Calvinist in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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