Predicant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Predicant \Pred"i*cant\, a. [L. praedicans, -antis, p. pr. of
     praedicare. See {Predicate}.]
     Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence;
     preaching. "The Roman predicant orders." --N. Brit. Rev.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Predicant \Pred"i*cant\, n.
     One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a
     preaching friar; a Dominican.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blackfriar \Black"fri`ar\, Black friar \Black"
  fri`ar\(bl[a^]k"fr[imac]`[~e]r). (Eccl.)
     A friar of the Dominican order, so named because wearing the
     black mantle of the Dominicans; -- called also {predicant}
     and {preaching friar}; in France, {Jacobin}. Also, sometimes,
     a Benedictine.
  
     Syn: Dominican.
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