Geneva-gown


noun
1.
a loose, large-sleeved, black preaching gown worn by members of the Protestant clergy: so named from its use by the Calvinist clergy of Geneva, Switzerland.
noun
1.
a long loose black gown with very wide sleeves worn by academics or Protestant clerics

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