predicatory

English

Etymology

Compare Latin praedicatorius (“praising”).

Adjective

predicatory (comparative more predicatory, superlative most predicatory)

1. affirmative; positive
   • 1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience:

     The just degrees of callings must be herein duly observed; whether in a public way, as pastors of congregations ; or in a private way , as masters of families : whether in the schools , in a mere grammatical way ; or in the church , in a predicatory

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “predicatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)