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

Example Sentences

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Sunday is the Lord's day; sports, cinema and TV are forsworn for lengthy sermons of a dominee at the local church.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the committee table, the white-haired Protestant dominee rubbed shoulders with the boyish Catholic priest, the leader of the socialist youth movement, and the bald-headed director of the bank.

From Time Magazine Archive

I had a true love over the sea, Parla me dixi dominee!

From Rhymes Old and New : collected by M.E.S. Wright by Wright, M. E. S.

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