1) Affirmation 2) Postulation 1) Declaration 2) Postulation 
• (n.) Preaching. • (n.) The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion.
in logic, the attributing of characteristics to a subject to produce a meaningful statement combining verbal and nominal elements. Thus, a ... [1 related articles]
Pred`i·ca'tion noun [ Latin praedicatio : confer French prédication .] 1. The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion. Locke. 2. Preaching. [ Obsolete or Scot.] Chaucer. 
predication 1. A declaration of something that is self-evident. 2. Something which can be assumed to be the basis for an argument.