dominee
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dominee
from Afrikaans, from Dutch; compare dominie
Example Sentences
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Sunday is the Lord's day; sports, cinema and TV are forsworn for lengthy sermons of a dominee at the local church.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the committee table, the white-haired Protestant dominee rubbed shoulders with the boyish Catholic priest, the leader of the socialist youth movement, and the bald-headed director of the bank.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a rotrum potrum trumpitrorum, Parla me dixi dominee!
From Rhymes Old and New : collected by M.E.S. Wright by Wright, M. E. S.
I had a true love over the sea, Parla me dixi dominee!
From Rhymes Old and New : collected by M.E.S. Wright by Wright, M. E. S.
He sent me love tokens one, two, three, With a rotrum potrum trumpitrorum, Parla me dixi dominee!
From Rhymes Old and New : collected by M.E.S. Wright by Wright, M. E. S.
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