dominee

Borrowed from Dutch dominee and Afrikaans dominee.

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.

From Dutch dominee.

• IPA^(key): /ˈduə̯məni(ə̯)/

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dominee (plural dominees)

1. pastor, minister

Ca. 1500, borrowed from Latin domine, vocative of dominus (“mister, sir, lord”). Originally also used of Catholic priests and more broadly of other respected individuals (especially medical doctors). The restriction to Protestantism appears to be from the 18th century. The final -ee either represents a learned pronunciation or has to do with the two consecutive unstressed syllables (cf. Afrikaans skaduwee, weduwee).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːmineː/, (Northern) [ˈdoʊ̯mineɪ̯], (Southern) [ˈdoːmineː]

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• Hyphenation: do‧mi‧nee

dominee m (plural dominees, diminutive domineetje n)

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

• ds., da.

• 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