dominee

See also: dominée

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch dominee and Afrikaans dominee.

Noun

dominee (plural dominees)

  1. (South Africa) A minister of the Dutch Reformed Church; a predikant.
    • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 51:
      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.
  2. (US, dated) A minister in a Dutch Reformed church; a dominie.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dominee.

Pronunciation
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Noun

dominee (plural dominees)

  1. pastor; minister

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin domine, vocative of dominus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdoːmineː/, (Northern Dutch) [ˈdoʊ̯mineɪ̯], (Southern Dutch) [ˈdoːmineː]
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  • Hyphenation: do‧mi‧nee

Noun

dominee m (plural dominees, diminutive domineetje n)

  1. (religion) minister, pastor in several Protestant denominations

Abbreviations

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: dominee
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: domni
  • Negerhollands: domine, domni
  • Petjo: dominee
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: domine, domni
  • → Aukan: Dominei
  • → Caribbean Javanese: dhomeni
  • → English: dominee
  • → Indonesian: domine
  • → Papiamentu: domi
  • → Saramaccan: dómíni
  • → Sranan Tongo: domri
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