predicant

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

For two hours Erasmus Smith, the Boer predicant, argued in vain in behalf of his flock.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin

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

Again, adjectives are used as intransitive verbs, as in most Indian languages there is no verb to be used as a predicant or copula.

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

"My dear young lady," he remonstrated, "can you blame me for the unwise, indiscreet utterances of every Dutch predicant who opens his mouth?"

From The Rhodesian by Page, Gertrude

What I answered I cannot recollect, but even now I seem to see that predicant flying out of the door of the room holding his hands above his head.

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