predicant
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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 John Wesley Powell
A friar of the Dominican order; Ð called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Where in English we would say the man is good, the Indian would say that man good, using the adjective as an intransitive verb, i.e., as a predicant.
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 John Wesley Powell
"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 Gertrude Page
Thou art turned now into a predicant friar.
From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by W. (William) Rainey
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