predicant

[ pred-i-kuhnt ]

adjective

1. preaching:

   a predicant religious order.

noun

1. a preacher.

predicant

/ ˈprɛdɪkənt /

adjective

1. of or relating to preaching

noun

1. a member of a religious order founded for preaching, esp a Dominican
2. ˌprɛdɪˈkænt a variant spelling of predikant

Word History and Origins

Origin of predicant¹

1580–90; < Latin praedicant- (stem of praedicāns ), present participle of praedicāre to preach; -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of predicant¹

C17: from Latin praedicāns preaching, from praedicāre to say publicly; see predicate

Example Sentences

A friar of the Dominican order; Ð called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin.

From Project Gutenberg

The Rev. Robert Gray, in “Letters during the course of a tour through Germany and Switzerland in the year 1791 and 1792,” has stated that Mechel has engraved Rubens’s designs from the Dance of Death, now perishing on the walls of the church-yard of the Predicant convent, where it was sketched in 1431.

From Project Gutenberg

Predicant, pred′i-kant, adj. predicating: preaching.—n. one who affirms anything: a preacher, esp. a preaching-friar.

From Project Gutenberg

And the good canon predicant would not lie.”

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The loose leaves had been first collected by another Brother Henry, also a predicant friar.

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