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amapakati, n. S. Afr. Now hist.
Brit. |aməpəˈkɑːti|, |aməpəˈgɑːti|, U.S. |ˌɑməpəˈkɑti|, |ˌɑməpəˈgɑti|, S. Afr. |ˌæməpəˈgɑːti|, |ˌæməpəˈgɑːti|
Forms: 18 amapagate, 18 amapakate, 18– amapagati, 18– amapakati [See also pagati n.]
[‹ Xhosa amaphakathi, plural > n.]
With sing. and pl. concord. In traditional Nguni societies: the council or inner circle of advisers of a chief or other eminent person; the members of this council, regarded collectively. Also: (in sing.) a member of such a council, a trusted and influential adviser (rare).
1833Graham's Town Jrnl. (S. Afr.) 4 Apr. 2 A demand has been made to the Amapakate (or Counsel) of Hintza, for prompt attention to the late circumstances. 1870C. Hamilton Life & Sport in S.-E. Afr. 191 The shrewdness of the ‘Amapakati’, or Kaffir advocate. 1892H. R. Haggard Nada xxii. 179 When the matter came to be discussed with the indunas in the presence of the king, at the Amapakati or council, I..spoke against it. 1962N. Mandela in Struggle is my Life (1978) ii. x. 141 Then our people lived peacefully, under the democratic rule of their kings and their ‘amapakati’, and moved freely and confidently up and down the country. 1991F. G. Butler Local Habitation 162 The high priest would rise and try to convince the disbelieving worshippers that he and his amapagati had indeed secured the best beast available. |