Antonyms for predicant


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pred-i-kuh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɛd ɪ kənt


Definition of predicant

  • As in clergyman : noun minister
  • As in clergyperson : noun minister of church
Example sentences :
  • “Some children,” said the Predicant Friar, with a tender intonation.
  • Extract from : « A Forgotten Hero » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • Also my quarrel with the predicant had put me out of temper.
  • Extract from : « Swallow » by H. Rider Haggard
  • The loose leaves had been first collected by another Brother Henry, also a predicant friar.
  • Extract from : « Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde » by Matilda of Magdeburg
  • I remember Suzanne standing before the little table, behind which was the predicant with his book.
  • Extract from : « Swallow » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Luckily, the predicant took no notice of this incident, for he was thinking about himself as he was too prone to do.
  • Extract from : « Swallow » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Seeing the "predicant" coming, the old man hastily opened his Bible and began to read at random.
  • Extract from : « South African Memories » by Lady Sarah Wilson
  • A tournament of that class was being held all that summer between the regular priests and the newly-instituted Predicant Friars.
  • Extract from : « Earl Hubert's Daughter » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • For two hours Erasmus Smith, the Boer predicant, argued in vain in behalf of his flock.
  • Extract from : « A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year » by Edwin Emerson
  • It appears probable that at an early period of their preaching, a very large percentage of the Predicant Friars were Gospellers.
  • Extract from : « The Well in the Desert » by Emily Sarah Holt

Synonyms for predicant

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