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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of preaching or a preacher.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to preaching; involving preaching.
  • Affirmative; of the nature of a predicate: as, a predicatory statement.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Affirmative; positive.

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  • adjective affirmative; positive

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Late Latin praedicātōrius, praising, from Latin praedicātor, one who makes known, from praedicāre, to proclaim; see preach.]

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Compare Latin praedicatorius praising.

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