Geneva bands
plural noun
two bands or pendent stripes made usually of white lawn and worn at the throat as part of clerical garb, originally by the Swiss Calvinist clergy.
Also called
bands.
Origin of Geneva bands
First recorded in 1880–85
British Dictionary definitions for geneva bands
Geneva bands
pl n
a pair of white lawn or linen strips hanging from the front of the neck or collar of some ecclesiastical and academic robes
Word Origin for Geneva bands
C19: named after
Geneva, where originally worn by Swiss Calvinist clergy