predicant

I remember Suzanne standing before the little table, behind which was the predicant with his book.

Luckily, the predicant took no notice of this incident, for he was thinking about himself as he was too prone to do.

Seeing the "predicant" coming, the old man hastily opened his Bible and began to read at random.

Also my quarrel with the predicant had put me out of temper.

A tournament of that class was being held all that summer between the regular priests and the newly-instituted Predicant Friars.