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- adjective Alternative form of
Calvinist .
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Examples
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“Nay, madam,” replied the Queen, “say rather you see the deserved judgment of Heaven upon a Calvinistical poisoner.”
The Abbot 2008
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A Calvinistical divine, of the name of Petit Pierre, not long since preached and published the doctrine that the damned would at some future period be pardoned.
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“The frightful engines of ecclesiastical councils, of diabolical malice, and Calvinistical good-nature never failed to terrify me exceedingly whenever I thought of preaching.”
Think Progress » Right-Wing Radio Host Fabricates Controversy To Attack First Muslim Congressman 2006
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Calvinistical cap, and a gray dress, every fold of which bespoke respectability and staid repute -- stood erect on the floor, and, fixing on the Parson a cold and cautious eye, said:
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various
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A Calvinistical minister took occasion from this institution to write against the honor paid by Catholics to the cross.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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So that this church appears orthodox, in little (or no) other sense than the church of _England_ is so, viz., by subscribing the thirty-nine articles, which are _Calvinistical_ in the doctrinal parts; while yet the _Arminian_ system of doctrine is generally received and taught by her clergy.
Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive The Reformed Presbytery
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The Epistle to the Hebrews affords a greater apparent foundation for the popular or Calvinistical doctrines of atonement and satisfaction, but not perhaps a greater real one.
Theological Essays of the Late Benjamin Jowett: Seleted, Arranged, and Edited by Lewis Campbell 1817-1893 1906
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The Epistle to the Hebrews affords a greater apparent foundation for the popular or Calvinistical doctrines of atonement and satisfaction, but not perhaps a greater real one.
The Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, Galatians and Romans: Essays and Dissertations 1817-1893 1894
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Calvinistical; and afterwards, perhaps when he began to hate the Presbyterians, to have tended towards Arminianism ....
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Reformed, Calvinistical, and so forth, but never have I listened to such a homily as yours. ''
A Legend of Montrose 1871
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