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praise names

praise names is the plural of praise name.

Meaning of praise name

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

Questions about praise names

What is praise names the plural of?
Praise names is the plural of praise name.

Words near praise names in the dictionary

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

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