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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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