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
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 Bertram Mitford
When I was a boy the predikant used to preach about Turkey.
From Greenmantle by John Buchan
As we have already hinted, his motive in sending for the predikant was primarily one of policy, partly in order to gain time, partly to placate those in whose hands he was.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Bertram Mitford
So this interesting predikant hauled down the Union Jack, which his sons instantly tore to tatters, ran up the Boer flag, and drove De La Rey hither and thither in his own private carriage.
From With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back by Edward P. Lowry
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