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Postulant
//ˈpɒstjʊlənt// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person seeking admission to a religious order.
"After their six-month postulancies are over and they have mastered all the chants and books of monastic regulations, the postulants are finally ready to ordain as novice monks […]"
- 2 one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order wordnet
- 3 A person who submits a petition for something; a petitioner.
"But when the three postulants returned with Sabine it was clear that the results had been far from satisfactory, perhaps because of the massive potations of the old lady."
Etymology
From French postulant, present participle of postuler.
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