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Definition of Predicant
1. a. Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching.
2. n. One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a preaching friar; a Dominican.
Definition of Predicant
1. Adjective. That predicates ¹
2. Adjective. That preaches ¹
3. Noun. Someone who predicates ¹
4. Noun. Someone who preaches, especially a Dominican friar ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Predicant
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Predicant
Literary usage of Predicant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of the French and English Languages by Gabriel Surenne (1856)
"adj. predicable Predicament, s. état, genre, m. predicant, s. prédicateur, пъ
Predicate, s. prédicat, attribut, m. Prédication, s. prédication, publication, ..."
2. British Guiana Boundary: Arbitration with the United States of Venezuela by Great Britain (1898)
"Hr. predicant bate ... Heer predicant, die naar middags weder naar bun woningen.
... naar d'woning vanden heer predicant vaaren, ..."
3. The Book of Perth: An Illustration of the Moral and Ecclesiastical State of by John Parker Lawson (1847)
"In testimony of which, his seal is appended, together with the seals of Friar
Adam de Brechin, Reader of the Order of the foresaid predicant Friars of the ..."