predicant

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At the least, he was not at all angry, although he said that I must not mention the business to the predicant, who was well known to be a prejudiced man.

From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Haggard, Henry Rider

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

From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Haggard, Henry Rider

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 Magdeburg, Matilda of

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 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