‖huisgodsdiens, noun
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, huis house + godsdiens religion, worship.
Family prayers; a religious service held at home. See also boekevat.
1958 A. Jackson Trader on Veld 33Living so far from any village, most farmers could not go to church on Sundays, but had to content themselves with Huisgodsdiens or family prayers, at which the head of the household would generally read from a volume of sermons.
1988 Smuts & Alberts Forgotten Highway through Ceres & Bokkeveld 182Huisgodsdiens was also held at home, at Kromfontein, in the Koue Bokkeveld.
Family prayers; a religious service held at home.
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