pre|di|kant

pre|di|kant
pre|di|kant «PRAY dih KAHNT», noun.
a clergyman of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa.
[< Afrikaans predikant < Dutch < Late Latin praedicāns; see etym. under predicant (Cf.predicant)]

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