Helvetic

[hel'vetik]

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Swiss.

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Definition

adj. pertaining to Switzerland—also Helvē′tian.—Helvetic Confessions two confessions of faith drawn up by the Swiss theologians in 1536 and 1566 in substance Protestant Evangelical moderately Calvinistic and Zwinglian.

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