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Geneva bands

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Geneva bands/ʤɪˈniːvə/

▶plural noun two white cloth strips attached to the collar of some Protestants' clerical dress.

– origin from Geneva in Switzerland, where orig. worn by Calvinists.

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