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predicatory

[pred-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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adjective
  1. of or relating to preaching.
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Origin of predicatory

1605–15; < Latin praedicātōrius prophetic; see predicate, -tory1
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predicatory

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of preaching or a preacher
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Word Origin

C17: from Late Latin praedicātōrius, from praedicāre to proclaim
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