predicant

Example Sentences

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Here the predicant woke up, seeing his chance.

From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Haggard, Henry Rider

The predicant simple is a distinct part of speech.

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

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

It does not seem to me expedient, that any more friars should be sent to the Tartars, in the way I went, or as the predicant friars go.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

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.

From Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 by Mallery, Garrick