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praise name

praise name noun: a ceremonial name or title used by various African peoples.

Noun

praise name (plural praise names)

  1. A ceremonial name or title used by various African peoples.
    • Jacob Zuma will change all that hasn't been changed to make better the better life for all. Msholzi, his praise-name: one of them, the workers; Zuma, their own.2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury, published 2013, page 269

Forms of praise name

pluralpraise names

Questions about praise name

What does praise name mean?
Praise name means a ceremonial name or title used by various African peoples.
What part of speech is praise name?
Praise name is a noun.
What is the plural of praise name?
The plural of praise name is praise names.

Words near praise name in the dictionary

  1. praisable
  2. praisably
  3. praise
  4. praise be
  5. praise be to God
  6. praise name
  7. praise names
  8. praise song
  9. praise songs
  10. praise the Lord
  11. praise to the skies

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