"predicatory" meaning in English

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      "form": "more predicatory",
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      "form": "most predicatory",
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          "ref": "1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience",
          "text": "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",
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  "word": "predicatory"
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      "form": "more predicatory",
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