predicant
Example Sentences
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It may be remarked, not only from this example, but from general study, that the verb "to be" as a copula or predicant does not have any place in sign language.
What I answered I cannot recollect, but even now I seem to see that predicant flying out of the door of the room holding his hands above his head.
From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Haggard, Henry Rider
Here the predicant woke up, seeing his chance.
From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Haggard, Henry Rider
"My dear young lady," he remonstrated, "can you blame me for the unwise, indiscreet utterances of every Dutch predicant who opens his mouth?"
From The Rhodesian by Page, Gertrude
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
