PREDICANT


Meaning of PREDICANT in English

adj. & n.

adj. hist. (of a religious order, esp. the Dominicans) engaged in preaching.

n. 1 hist. a predicant person, esp. a Dominican friar. 2 S.Afr. = PREDIKANT.

[ L praedicans part. of praedicare (as PREDICATE) ]

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