Jacobus Arminius
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~ Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609)
Jacquard
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~ a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics
jacquard
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~ a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom
jacquard
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~ French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)