predicant
Example Sentences
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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.
At the least, he was not at all angry, although he said that I must not mention the business to the predicant, who was well known to be a prejudiced man.
From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Haggard, Henry Rider
At length came the eve of the wedding day and with it the predicant, who arrived hungry and thirsty but running over with smiles and blessings.
From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Haggard, Henry Rider
Luckily, the predicant took no notice of this incident, for he was thinking about himself as he was too prone to do.
From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Haggard, Henry Rider
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