dominee

American

[dom-uh-nee, doh-muh-] / ˈdɒm ə ni, ˈdoʊ mə- /

noun

South African.

dominie.

dominee British

/ ˈduːmɪnɪ, ˈdʊə- /

noun

Also called: predikant. (in South Africa) a minister in any of the Afrikaner Churches

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Etymology

Origin of dominee

from Afrikaans, from Dutch; compare _dominie

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In numbers of places the 'dominees,' or preachers, were Orthodox, and in order to provide their own followers with spiritual fare, the 'Moderns' established in 1870 the 'Nederlandsche Protestantenbond,' or Netherlands Protestant League.

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