dorpsgeestelijke (English: “village religious official”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Village religious official involved in marriage ceremonies, naming of children, etc.
Translation
Description
Village religious official involved in marriage ceremonies, naming of children, etc. Performs the Islamic marriage contract; receives notice of divorce.
Significance
The term dorpsgeestelijke is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
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Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 116, 132, 133, 139.