predikant
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of predikant
from Dutch, from Old French predicant, from Late Latin praedicans preaching, from praedicāre to preach
Example Sentences
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One Sunday it would be an Anglican priest, the next a Dutch Reform predikant, the next a Methodist minister.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Four burghers came to escort him out, and they have off-saddled while the predikant is inspanning.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram
The predikant having made a speech to high Heaven, in the guise of a long prayer thoroughly in accordance with the prevailing sentiment of the meeting, the latter broke up.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram
Ja, I have often heard the predikant talk of Calvinus—and preach about him too.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram
The meeting, which had opened with long prayer by the predikant and a long speech of introduction and welcome from Swaart Jan Grobbelaar, was now just beginning to become of intense interest—to the meeting itself.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram
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