predicant

Example Sentences

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And the good canon predicant would not lie.”

From Flemish Legends by Coster, Charles de

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

The adverb there would, therefore, be used as a predicant or intransitive verb, and might be conjugated to denote different modes, tenses, numbers, persons, etc.

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

In the same predicant tone, he lauded the medical virtues and the mystical powers of every article he sold.

From The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution by Munguía, E. (Enrique)