Calvinistic

English

Etymology

From Calvin +‎ -istic.

Adjective

Calvinistic (comparative more Calvinistic, superlative most Calvinistic)

1. Alternative form of Calvinist
   • 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 19, in Billy Budd‎^[1], London: Constable & Co.:

     Their Captain's announcement was listened to by the throng of standing sailors in a dumbness like that of a seated congregation of believers in hell listening to the clergyman's announcement of his Calvinistic text.

Synonyms

• Calvinistical