Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Predication
Pred′i·ca′tion (·kā′shŭn), n. [L. praedicatio: cf. F. prédication.] 1. The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion. Locke.
2. Preaching. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.