predicant

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adjective

Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming.

“N. Brit. Rev. the Roman predicant orders”

OriginLatin praedicāns →
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Meanings

adjectivepredicant (comparative more predicant, superlative most predicant)

comparative more predicant · superlative most predicant

  1. Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming.
  2. broadlypreaching

    N. Brit. Rev. the Roman predicant orders

nounpredicant (plural predicants)

plural predicants

  1. Someone who predicates
  2. Someone who preaches, especially a Dominican friar

Origin

  1. Latinpraedicāns
  2. Englishpredicant

From Latin praedicāns.

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APA

predicant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predicant

MLA

“predicant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predicant. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “predicant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predicant.

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