‖hereniging, noun

/hɛrˈɪənəxəŋ/
Forms:
Also hereeniging.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, ‘reunion’, from herenig to reunite.
historical
In politics: the reuniting of Afrikanerdom, particularly the reuniting of the Afrikaner members of the South African Party with the National Party. Also attributive. See also NP sense 1, SAP noun1 sense 1.
1926 M. Nathan S. Afr. from Within 173An endeavour was made to reconcile the two opposing sections of the Dutch people...The ‘Hereeniging (Reunion) Conference’ took place...The Nationalists desired to retain republicanism in their party programme...The members of the South African Party would not agree, and the conference broke down.
1934 Star 12 Feb. (Swart)Dr Van der Merwe..said, that he was confident there would be no samesmelting, but hereniging.
1934 C.P. Swart Supplement to Pettman. 68Hereniging, A re-union. Politically it means a re-union of the Nationalists with the Afrikaans-speaking members of the South African Party, leaving out the bulk of the English-speaking members.
1936 Cambridge Hist. of Brit. Empire VIII. 645A determined effort was made to attain the hereeniging or reunion of the South African Party, now led by General Smuts.., and the Nationalist Party under..General Hertzog.
1950 H. Gibbs Twilight in S. Afr. 177The early 1939 bid for reunion among Afrikaner parties (Hereniging) did not materialize.
1968 W.K. Hancock Smuts II. 253Malan was doing to Hertzog what Hertzog had done twenty years before to Botha...In his view, Hertzog was pursuing vereniging, not hereniging — a political combination of incompatible elements, not Afrikaner reunion.
1977 T.R.H. Davenport S. Afr.: Mod. Hist. 234The occasion was used to celebrate the impending reunion (hereniging) of the Nationalists under Malan and Hertzog...Hereniging was..difficult.., however, for in five years the U.P. and the G.N.P. had drifted apart in sentiment and objectives; but it was achieved in December 1939.
the reuniting of Afrikanerdom, particularly the reuniting of the Afrikaner members of the South African Party with the National Party. Also attributive.
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Herenigde, adjectiveadj.Here Seventien, noun phrasen. phr.
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