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Meaning of "dominee" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DOMINEE

From Afrikaans, from Dutch; compare dominie.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DOMINEE

dominee  [ˈduːmɪnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOMINEE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dominee is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DOMINEE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dominee

Minister (Christianity)

In Christian churches, a minister is someone who is authorized by a church or religious organization to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community. The term is taken from Latin minister "servant, attendant", which itself was derived from minus "less". Charles Spurgeon, the famous 19th century Baptist minister.

Definition of dominee in the English dictionary

The definition of dominee in the dictionary is a minister in any of the Afrikaner Churches Also called: predikant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOMINEE


bigeminy
baɪˈdʒemɪnɪ
crimine
ˈkrɪmɪnɪ
criminy
ˈkrɪmɪnɪ
dominie
ˈdɒmɪnɪ
feminie
ˈfɛmɪnɪ
geminy
ˈdʒɛmɪnɪ
hominy
ˈhɒmɪnɪ
ignominy
ˈɪɡnəˌmɪnɪ
jiminy
ˈdʒɪmɪnɪ
jimminy
ˈdʒɪmɪnɪ
Melpomene
mɛlˈpɒmɪnɪ
micromini
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌmɪnɪ
miminy-piminy
ˌmɪmɪnɪˈpɪmɪnɪ
mini
ˈmɪnɪ
minnie
ˈmɪnɪ
niminy-piminy
ˈnɪmɪnɪˈpɪmɪnɪ
postliminy
pəʊstˈlɪmɪnɪ
Rimini
ˈrɪmɪnɪ
supermini
ˈsuːpəˌmɪnɪ
verminy
ˈvɜːmɪnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOMINEE

dominantly
dominate
dominating
dominatingly
domination
dominations
dominative
dominator
dominatrices
dominatrix
domine
domineer
domineering
domineeringly
domineeringness
Domingo
Dominic
Dominica
dominical
dominical letter

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOMINEE

ainee
Chinee
conominee
detainee
distrainee
enshrinee
examinee
gratinee
management trainee
menominee
nominee
ordinee
retrainee
trainee
vaccinee

Synonyms and antonyms of dominee in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dominee» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOMINEE

Find out the translation of dominee to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dominee from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dominee» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dominee
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Dominee
570 millions of speakers

English

dominee
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dominee
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

dominee
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Проповедник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dominee
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dominee
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Dominee
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dominee
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pastor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dominee
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dominee
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dominee
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

dominee
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dominee
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डोमिनिकन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dominee
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dominee
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Dominee
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

проповідник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dominee
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

dominee
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

dominee
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Dominee
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

dominee
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dominee

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOMINEE»

The term «dominee» is regularly used and occupies the 97.476 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOMINEE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dominee» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dominee» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dominee

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOMINEE»

Discover the use of dominee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dominee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Boers in East Africa: Ethnicity and Identity
In May 1936 the congregation welcomed their first full-time minister with the arrival of Dominee A. Brandt. As had been the case before, he also served the congregation at Arusha. Due to the long absence of pastoral leadership and care , ...
Brian M. Du Toit, 1998
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Politics Is the Greatest Game: A Johannesburg Liberal Lampoon
Dominee de Kerk hesitated. Seventy-five Rand was a packet of money in 1977, and the Dominee had planned a small reception at home. Then Deacon Sip Botha informed him of a stroke of fortune in a cancelled hall. Canny Dominee de Kerk ...
Pat Stevens, 2004
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Die Verlossing Is Groot
Nadie diens stap hy dominee Bennie tegemoet. “Dominee kan ek met u praat asseblief. Ek het ñ gewigtige saak opdie hart.” “Dokter kom ons stap oorna my kantoor toe.” Koert sitoorkant dominee Bennie en vertel homalles. “Dominee sien  ...
Hantie Gough, 2012
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Encountering Modernity: Twentieth Century South African Cinemas
This occurred through the intervention of the dominee, who was the main character through which the director advocated a change in social attitudes. This film also sends-up white Afrikaners' racial self-importance, in an oblique way that  ...
Keyan G. Tomaselli, 2006
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The Big Fat South African Joke Book
A dominee retired and moved to the country to enjoy life and practise his hobby of gardening. Needing a lawnmower, he purchased an old one from a local farmer. Later that day the neighbour saw the dominee pulling on the starter rope.
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My Cousin's Cousin: Families in a time of change
allowed herself to think of a small but tasteful wedding, to the dominee's son nogal. So when only the dominee was present in his pastorie, explaining that hiswifewas unwell, Marynawas shockedto hear thatthere were only two options.
Kate Shuttleworth Langa, 2014
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Home Affairs
Dominee then rounded on poor Doffie, who had spent Van Vouw's entire diatribe trying to prove whether or not it was actually possible to balance a bottle of Castle on your nose. “What the hell's wrong with your father?” Dominee spat at Doffie.
Bree O'Mara, 2007
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A Grammar of Afrikaans
It consists of a conversation between a young dominee of the Dutch Reformed Church and a much older acquaintance of his, Ben du Toit. The dominee in deference to the age of his interlocutor addresses him as Oom or oom Ben, while Du ...
Bruce C. Donaldson, 1993
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'N Fonnie Bisnis: The Yankee Dutch World of Loe Verlak, ...
Ons. Dominee. Heeft. 'n. Kol. Deklaind. Onze kongergeesje voelt poedie goed noudees. Dominee had 'n kol naar 'n sjurts in Aaiewee en wij waren allemaal gescheerd dat hij eksepten zou. Want ze hadden daar 'n veel naiser paarsenees als ...
Dirk Nieland, 2005
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Come of Age: The Road to Spiritual Maturity
Dominee Murray went down to try and stop the noise. He went in and asked the youth leader what was going on. He said, "It's God! It's God, Dominee!” Dominee Andrew Murray said, "God is an orderly God. He doesn't act like this. Tell these ...
Angus Buchan, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOMINEE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dominee is used in the context of the following news items.
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The town is small so it's safe to bring your regular partner because the dominee might spot you and it's bound to end up badly. Forget the ... «News24, Jul 15»
2
Memories (n Confessions) o a Skweel–loon
Lat m try tae set e scene, as A've said Mr Massie or Mr Simpson hid bin oor teacher bit on ae haaf-day ilka wik Dominee Scott wid tak e twa ... «Inverurie Herald, Jun 15»
3
How did you get my name?
Once, my grandfather told me, he met a dominee, a pastor in an Afrikaans Calvinist church, who claimed to be a relation of his. Another time ... «London Review of Books, Jun 15»
4
Hair raising fund raising tomorrow
Dominee Strauss de Jager has promised to dye his hair if the NG Kerk Basaar hits its fund-raising target tomorrow. Kicking off at 10am at PJ ... «Grocott's Mail Online, May 15»
5
Frikkie And Plug Target The Racists
They could pay to go into an NG kerk and listen to a dominee thundering on about God's chosen Volk, and how God had given South Africa to ... «News24, May 15»
6
Rehoboth Basters: Spiritual Fathers' Tombstone Returned to Rehoboth
Under the theme 'Children of the Covenant', Dominee Heinz Olivier of the Rhenish Mother Congregation Rehoboth called for greater unity and ... «UNPO, May 15»
7
American Sign Language empowers everyone
Junior nursing major Dominee Roehm learns the unspoken language that opens new doors. | Katie Evensen/THE CHIMES. Over the past year, ... «Chimes, May 15»
8
Nel Marais & Jo Davies
... gathering place of the doctor dominee that gave its blessing to Apartheid in tidy step with the machinations of the Broederbond and State (yes ... «Daily Maverick, May 15»
9
Donna Lea Monty
Donna is also survived by her nephew Spencer (Dominee) Apple; niece Tony (Glen) Kirch; niece Rory (Ed) Smith; niece Cindy (Bob) Cain; and ... «Charleston Gazette, May 15»
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Keeping the music alive: SCT turns to fundraiser in 'Bring Back the …
“It's a phenomenal energy for me as a performer,” said Dominee Muller-Kimball, whose family heritage extends to the theater company's roots. «Stockton Record, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Dominee [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dominee>. Apr 2024 ».
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