praise name

noun

A ceremonial name or title used by various African peoples.

First used 20th c.
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Meanings

nounpraise name (plural praise names)

plural praise names

  1. A ceremonial name or title used by various African peoples.First known use 20th c.

    Jacob Zuma will change all that hasn't been changed to make better the better life for all. Msholzi, his praise-name: one of them, the workers; Zuma, their own.

    2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury, published 2013, page 269
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APA

praise name. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/praise%20name

MLA

“praise name.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/praise%20name. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “praise name,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/praise%20name.

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