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Postulant

Postulant Meaning & Definition
Postulant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Postulant?

[n] one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order

Synonyms | Synonyms for Postulant:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Postulant: abbess | abecedarian | alphabetarian | applicant | apprentice | articled clerk | aspirant | beginner | bidder | boot | candidate | canoness | catechumen | claimant | clergywoman | conventual | debutant | entrant | fledgling | freshman | greenhorn | ignoramus | inductee | initiate | lady superior | mother superior | neophyte | new boy | newcomer | novice | novitiate | nun | petitioner | prioress | probationer | probationist | raw recruit | recruit | religieuse | rookie | secular canoness | seeker | sister | solicitant | solicitor | suitor | superioress | suppliant | supplicant | tenderfoot | the reverend mother | tyro

See Also | petitioner | suppliant | supplicant

Postulant In Webster's Dictionary

\Pos"tu*lant\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. postulans, p. pr. of postulare. See {Postulate}.] One who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate.

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