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.
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
Luckily, the predicant took no notice of this incident, for he was thinking about himself as he was too prone to do.
From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Haggard, Henry Rider
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
To begin with, the predicant was sulky because I had cut him short in his address, and a holy man in the sulks is a bad kind of animal to deal with.
From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Haggard, Henry Rider
