predicant
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
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a member of a religious order founded for preaching, esp a Dominican
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a variant spelling of predikant
Etymology
Origin of predicant
1580–90; < Latin praedicant- (stem of praedicāns ), present participle of praedicāre to preach; see -ant
Example Sentences
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Also my quarrel with the predicant had put me out of temper.
From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Haggard, Henry Rider
For two hours Erasmus Smith, the Boer predicant, argued in vain in behalf of his flock.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin
At length came the eve of the wedding day and with it the predicant, who arrived hungry and thirsty but running over with smiles and blessings.
From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Haggard, Henry Rider
In most Indian tongues no pure predicant has been differentiated, but in some the verb to be, or predicant, has been slightly developed, chiefly to affirm, existence in a place.
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 Powell, John Wesley
A friar of the Dominican order; Ð called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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