| 单词 |
predicatory |
| 释义 |
predicatory, a. (n.)|ˈprɛdɪkətərɪ, -ˌkeɪtərɪ|
Also 7 præ-.
[ad. late L. prædicātōrius adj., f. prædicātor: see predicator. Cf. obs. F. prédicatoire (Godef.).]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to a preacher; preaching.
1611Coryat Crudities 350 A certayne Dominican Frier..who was the chief reader of the Praedicatory family. 1645Sacred Decretal 14 This is our predicatory Prowesse, when we advance to the Pulpit. 1804Mitford Inquiry 319 The most recent examples..are of the predicatory or oratorical kind. 1847J. Wilson in G. Smith Life xiv. (1879) 238, I have recommenced my usual Sabbath services both predicatory and catechetical. 1877Ruskin Fors Clav. VII. lxxxi. 275 Their slightly predicatory character must be pardoned.
2. Characterized by being proclaimed or cried up.
1902Contemp. Rev. Sept. 353 In his somewhat ostentatious and predicatory conversion.
†B. n. (the adj. used absol.) One engaged in preaching; a preacher. Obs. rare—1.
1686J. S[ergeant] Hist. Monast. Convent. 55 The main design of their Institution being to Read, Preach, Write, and Expound the Word of God, which gives the occasion of naming them Prædicants or Prædicatories. |
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