predication Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
    postulation.

WordNet

Pred`i*ca"tion noun
Etymology
L. praedicatio: cf. F. prédication.
Definitions
  1. The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion. Locke.
  2. Preaching. Obs. or Scot. Chaucer.

Webster 1913