NG, adjective

/en ˈdʒiː//en ˈxɪə/
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AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, initial letters of Nederduitse Gereformeerde Dutch Reformed. Cf. NGK.
‘Dutch Reformed’; of or pertaining to the NGK; Ned Geref. Frequently in the noun phrase NG Kerk/- ˈkɛrk/ [Afrikaans, kerk church], NGK.
1971 Weekend Post 11 Sept. 3After being closed for six months the historic Paarl NG Kerk, known as the ‘Strooi-dakkerk’, will be reopened to-morrow.
1978 Daily Dispatch 25 Jan. 13The viewpoint on racism expressed at the meeting..appears in a report on the World Council of Churches Programme to Combat Racism, compiled by a study commission of the NG Sending Kerk.
1989 D. Van Heerden in Sunday Times 5 Mar. 4Representatives of the NG churches will this week converge in an historic meeting.
1990 Sunday Times 10 June 11He was the rising star in the NG hierarchy...After more than a quarter of a century in clerical purgatory, he will again preach before a NG Kerk congregation.
1990 Sunday Times 14 Oct. 4NG synods have always been an important barometer to determine the political mood of the Afrikaner volk.
1993 Weekend Post 24 July (Leisure) 1Alexandria..was established in 1840 and named after the Rev Alexander Smith, a Scottish minister of the NG Kerk who was then based in Uitenhage.
‘Dutch Reformed’; of or pertaining to the NGK; Ned Geref. Frequently in the noun phrase NG Kerk/- ˈkɛrk/ [Afrikaans, kerk church], NGK.
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