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Definition of predicatory - 2 dictionary results

pred⋅i⋅ca⋅to⋅ry

  [pred-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to preaching.
Origin:
1605–15; < L praedicātōrius prophetic; see predicate, -tory 1
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pred·i·ca·to·ry   (prěd'ĭ-kə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or characteristic of preaching or a preacher.

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