predicant

American  

[pred-i-kuhnt] / ˈprɛd ɪ kənt /

adjective

1. preaching.

   a predicant religious order.

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noun

1. a preacher.

predicant British  

/ ˈprɛdɪkənt /

adjective

1. of or relating to preaching

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noun

1. a member of a religious order founded for preaching, esp a Dominican

2. a variant spelling of predikant

Etymology

Origin of predicant

1580–90; < Latin praedicant- (stem of praedicāns ), present participle of praedicāre to preach; see -ant

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Example Sentences

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predicant

The loose leaves had been first collected by another Brother Henry, also a predicant friar.

From Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg by Matilda of Magdeburg

With adjectives and nouns this verb is used as a predicant.

From On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 by John Wesley Powell

It does not seem to me expedient, that any more friars should be sent to the Tartars, in the way I went, or as the predicant friars go.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

In the same predicant tone, he lauded the medical virtues and the mystical powers of every article he sold.

From The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution by E. (Enrique) Munguía

“But Ou’ Jackalse he ain’t a-seein’ nawtin’ but what she’s yust as glad to see him as if he was a predicant.

From Old Hendrik's Tales by Arthur Owen Vaughan

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