'Predication' definitions:

Definition of 'predication'

(from WordNet)
noun
(logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument [syn: postulation, predication]

Definition of 'Predication'

From: GCIDE
  • Predication \Pred`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. praedicatio: cf. F. pr['e]dication.]
  • 1. The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Preaching. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]