predikant

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General South African/pɹɪədɪˈkʌnt/UK/pɹɛdɪˈkant/

noun

A minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination.

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Meanings

nounpredikant (plural predikants or predikante)

plural predikants · plural predikante

  1. South AfricaA minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination.

    One Sunday it would be an Anglican priest, the next a Dutch Reformed predikant, the next a Methodist minister.

    1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 536

Origin

  1. Dutchpredikant
  2. Englishpredikant

From South African Dutch predikant (Afrikaans predikant).

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APA

predikant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predikant

MLA

“predikant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predikant. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “predikant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predikant.

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