predication
noun
pred·i·ca·tion ˌpre-də-ˈkā-shən 
1
archaic
a
: an act of proclaiming or preaching
b
: sermon
2
: an act or instance of predicating: such as
a
: the expression of action, state, or quality by a grammatical predicate
b
: the logical affirmation of something about another
especially : assignment of something to a class
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web All the policy-laden questioning so far has exemplified Scalia's predication. 
Adam J. White, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022 What was the predication of this Durham investigation? Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2020 Way back before spring training started in February, in the Before Times, the A’s were a strong postseason pick, and now, after the most unusual baseball season in memory, the team has still managed to fulfill that predication. Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com, 18 Sep. 2020 The lengthiest predications of how long coronavirus conditions could last stretch many months to a year if community-wide isolation isn’t enforced or embraced, according to reporting by AL.com. Lily Jackson | Ljackson@al.com, al, 30 Mar. 2020 Democratic would-be presidential candidates rush to social media with the grimmest predications and loudest condemnations. Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 8 Oct. 2019 My predication is that power will be assumed, taken where need be, by these communities. courant.com, 22 Aug. 2019 But there’s documentation in criminal investigations and in counterintelligence investigations to explain the predication for the opening of a file, that is, the basis for the opening of a file. James Freeman, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2018 Only a negligible percentage of Jews were Orthodox, and Jews of all denominations viewed religious Christians’ enthusiasm for them with suspicion, uncomfortable with its perceived predication on Jews’ conversion. Abigail Shrier, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2018 See More
Adam J. White, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022 What was the predication of this Durham investigation? Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2020 Way back before spring training started in February, in the Before Times, the A’s were a strong postseason pick, and now, after the most unusual baseball season in memory, the team has still managed to fulfill that predication. Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com, 18 Sep. 2020 The lengthiest predications of how long coronavirus conditions could last stretch many months to a year if community-wide isolation isn’t enforced or embraced, according to reporting by AL.com. Lily Jackson | Ljackson@al.com, al, 30 Mar. 2020 Democratic would-be presidential candidates rush to social media with the grimmest predications and loudest condemnations. Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 8 Oct. 2019 My predication is that power will be assumed, taken where need be, by these communities. courant.com, 22 Aug. 2019 But there’s documentation in criminal investigations and in counterintelligence investigations to explain the predication for the opening of a file, that is, the basis for the opening of a file. James Freeman, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2018 Only a negligible percentage of Jews were Orthodox, and Jews of all denominations viewed religious Christians’ enthusiasm for them with suspicion, uncomfortable with its perceived predication on Jews’ conversion. Abigail Shrier, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English predicacion, from Anglo-French predicaciun, from Latin praedication-, praedicatio, from praedicare
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1