['predikәnt]
adj.
传道的, 说教的n.传道者,说教者

Predicant \Pred"i*cant\, n.
One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a
preaching friar; a Dominican.


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.

Blackfriar \Blackfriar\, Black friar \Black" fri`ar\ (Eccl.)
A friar of the Dominican order, so named becaise wearing
wearing the black mantle of the Dominicans; -- called also
{predicant} and {preaching friar}; in France, {Jacobin}.
Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.

Syn: Dominican.