dominee

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Dutch dominee and Afrikaans dominee.

South Africa A minister of the Dutch Reformed Church; a predikant.

But Elise goes regularly, often twice on a Sunday, mainly as a result of the conditioning of her childhood as a dominee’s daughter, but also because she regards it as a good example to the children, especially Ilse.1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 51:

US, Dated A minister in a Dutch Reformed church; a dominie.

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