POSTULANT


Meaning of POSTULANT in English

— postulantship , n.

/pos"cheuh leuhnt/ , n.

1. a candidate, esp. for admission into a religious order.

2. a person who asks or applies for something.

[ 1750-60; postulant- (s. of postulans ), prp. of postulare to ask for, claim, require ]

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