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predikant

UK/pɹɛdɪˈkant/

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General South African/pɹɪədɪˈkʌnt/

predikant noun: a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination.

Noun

predikant (plural predikants or predikante)

  1. (South Africa) A minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination.
    • One Sunday it would be an Anglican priest, the next a Dutch Reformed predikant, the next a Methodist minister.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 536

Forms of predikant

pluralpredikants
pluralpredikante

Origin of predikant

From South African Dutch predikant (Afrikaans predikant).

Questions about predikant

What does predikant mean?
Predikant means a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination.
What part of speech is predikant?
Predikant is a noun.
How do you pronounce predikant?
Predikant is pronounced /pɹɪədɪˈkʌnt/ (General South African).
What is the plural of predikant?
The plural of predikant is predikants.

Words near predikant in the dictionary

  1. predigesting
  2. predigestion
  3. predigestions
  4. predigests
  5. predigital
  6. predikant
  7. predikante
  8. predikants
  9. predilatation
  10. predilatations
  11. predilate

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