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Definition of Calvinistic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents.

Definition of Calvinistic

1. a. Of or pertaining to Calvin, or Calvinism; following Calvin; accepting or Teaching Calvinism.

Definition of Calvinistic

1. Adjective. (alternative form of calvinistical) ¹

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Literary usage of Calvinistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1896)
"calvinistic.1 Yet it is admitted by candid scholars that at the beginning of Elizabeth's reign " calvinistic teaching generally prevailed. ..."

2. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"There is more ground for the assertion that the formularies of the Church of England are Augustinian, in distinction from calvinistic. ..."

3. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"The Pietism of the Reformed Church in Germany differed little from the calvinistic Pietism in Holland, from which it was derived. ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1908)
"The Pietism of the Reformed Church in Germany differed little from the calvinistic Pietism in Holland, from which it was derived. ..."

5. The Creeds of Christendom: With a History and Critical Notes by Philip Schaff (1919)
"calvinistic METHODISM. WHITEFIELD. George Whitefield labored with Wesley until 1741, when they parted on the question of predestination and free will; ..."

6. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"The inevitable conflict between calvinistic ideas and the state church as reestablished by Elizabeth; the queen's personal predilections; bound themselves ..."

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