predicant

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In most Indian tongues no pure predicant has been differentiated, but in some the verb to be, or predicant, has been slightly developed, chiefly to affirm, existence in a place.

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

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

Thou art turned now into a predicant friar.

From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by Rainey, W. (William)

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

In what is sometimes called the progressive form of the active voice nouns and adjectives are differentiated in the participles, and the verb "to be" 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