Predicatory
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 affirmative; making a clear assertion or statement of praise, especially one with religious or moral implications.
"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"
- 2 Forming an ontologically neutral predicate; implying no new information or qualities.
"In a 'predicatory' sense, whatever we say in our natural language about an object defines a property: an object has the property of being such that 'x'.·"
Example
More examples"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"
Etymology
Compare Latin praedicatorius (“praising”).
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