Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. Preaching. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer.

Source : WordNet®

predication
     n : (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something
         that can be assumed as the basis for argument [syn: {postulation}]