What does "predikant" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "predikant"?

Common synonyms include: preacher, sermonizer.

Pronounced //pɹɪədɪˈkʌnt//.

//pɹɪədɪˈkʌnt// noun

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Noun

1
A minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination. South-Africa
"One Sunday it would be an Anglican priest, the next a Dutch Reformed predikant, the next a Methodist minister."

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

From South African Dutch predikant (Afrikaans predikant).

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