a. and sb. Also 6 Caluen-. [f. pr. n. Calvin, in Lat. Calvinus + -IAN.]
A. adj. Of, belonging to, or following the doctrine of, Calvin. (See CALVINISM.)
1566. T. Stapleton, Ret. Untr. Jewel, Pref. The Lutheran and Caluinian Religion.
1688. Bp. of Oxford, Reasons Abrog. Test, 54. Patron of the Calvinian Faction.
1862. Lit. Churchman, 446. The Calvinian development of St. Augustin’s idea of predestination was logically true.
† B. sb. = CALVINIST. Obs.
1582. Munday, Eng. Rom. Life, in Harl. Misc. (1809), II. 206. He curseth all Caluenians, Lutherians, Zwinglians.
1691. Wood, Ath. Oxon., I. /193. Laurence Humphrey [was] … much of the Calvinian both in doctrine and discipline.
