Calvinist

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Cal·vin·ist /ˈkælvɪnɪst/ adjective  1. RRCfollowing the teachings of Calvinism 加尔文派的，加尔文宗的2. (also Calvinistic /ˌkælvəˈnɪstɪk◂/)RRCSTRICT having strict moral standards and tending to disapprove of pleasure 清教主义的，严守道德的 SYN puritanical —Calvinist noun [countable]

Examples from the Corpus

Calvinist• This had been the view of the enclosed Calvinist chapel or Methodist station, hidden away from the high streets of life.• In sombre silence, wearing black ties, the Calvinist elders walk between the unusually-full pews.• A devout Calvinist Methodist and strict advocate of temperance, Davies became a patron of Nonconformist and other charitable and educational causes.• And even that, because I impose it on myself, I can take a sort of Calvinist pleasure in.• Strasbourg was also the birthplace of the modest first Calvinist psalter in 1539.• The banning of popular plays is normally associated with the hard-line Calvinist reformers.

Cal·vin·ist adjectiveChineseSyllable  

Calvinism following of the teachings Corpus

Calvinist
Cal‧vin‧ist /ˈkælvənəst, ˈkælvɪnəst/ adjective
1. following the teachings of Calvinism
2. (also Calvinistic /ˌkælvəˈnɪstɪk◂, ˌkælvɪˈnɪstɪk◂/) having strict moral standards and tending to disapprove of pleasure
   SYN  puritanical
—Calvinist noun [countable]

Cal·vin·istBrE /ˈkælvɪnɪst/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkælvɪnɪst/ 🔊 (also Cal·vin·is·tic) adjectiveconnected with a Church that follows the teachings of the French Protestant, John Calvin 加尔文宗的，加尔文派的（与信奉法国新教教徒约翰 · 加尔文教义的教派有关的）having very strict moral attitudes 严守道德的▸ Cal·vin·ism BrE /ˈkælvɪnɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkælvɪnɪzəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] ▸ Cal·vin·ist noun