dominee

[dom-uh-nee, doh-muh-]

noun

South African.

1. dominie.

dominee

/ ˈduːmɪnɪ, ˈdʊə- /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dominee¹

from Afrikaans, from Dutch; compare _dominie

Example Sentences

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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