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postulant|ˈpɒstjʊlənt|
[a. F. postulant ad. L. postulāns, -āntem, pr. pple. of postulāre to demand: see postulate v.]
One who asks or petitions for something; a petitioner; a candidate for some appointment, honour, or office; esp. a candidate for admission into a religious order.
1759Chesterfield Lett. to Son 2 Feb., That he will have one [a garter] is very certain; but when,..is very uncertain; all the other postulants wanting to be dubbed at the same time. 1766Char. in Ann. Reg. 28/2 There were many postulants for the abbey of Anchin. 1844Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) I. iv. 133 The age at which the postulant might be admitted [i.e. into holy orders]. 1859Jephson Brittany xv. 245 When a young man applies for admission he is taken in for two years as a postulant. 1873F. Hall Mod. Eng. iv. 98 Words..often answering to calls too subtile for analysis, are constantly presenting themselves as postulants for recognition. 1876C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. 220 The public reception of a postulant into the order of ‘Our Lady of Mercy’. |