postulationn.

Brit.

/ˌpɒstjᵿˈleɪʃn/,

/ˌpɒstʃᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌpɑstʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English postulacyoun, late Middle English–1500s postulacion, 1500s– postulation; Scottish pre-1700 postulacion, pre-1700 postulacioun, pre-1700 postulatioune, pre-1700 1700s– postulation.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French postulacion; Latin postulātiōn-, postulātiō.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French postulacion, postulation demand, supplication (c1200 in Old French as postulation ; French postulation ), request or appeal to a supreme authority to sanction election to an ecclesiastical office where dispensation is required (a1472), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin postulātiōn-, postulātiō demand, request, application to the praetor for authority to bring an accusation, in post-classical Latin also prayer (Vulgate), election to an ecclesiastical office where dispensation is required (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < postulāt- , past participial stem of postulāre to demand (see postulate v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Catalan postulació (a1369), Spanish postulación (a1412 or earlier), Italian postulazione (a1311).Use of the word in senses 2 and 3 is apparently not paralleled in Latin or French. Compare postulate n.² N.E.D. (1907) gives only the pronunciation (pǫstiŭlēⁱ·ʃən) /pɒstjʊˈleɪʃən/.

a. The action of requesting or claiming something from an authority; esp. a petition or humble prayer, an appeal for forgiveness, favour, etc. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > requesting or demanding

askinga1200

bidding?c1225

frayninga1300

requestc1405

postulationa1425

demanding1530

demand1604

flagitation1658

a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 1 Tim. ii. 1 Þerfore I beseche..obsecracyouns to be made and prayers, postulacyouns [L. postulationes], doyngys of thankyngys for alle men.

1428 in R. T. Storey Reg. T. Langley (1959) 104 (MED) I have conceyvet your desire touchyng the postulacion of our sustre dame Margaret Danby..to the whilk postulacion I graunte fully.

c1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert (1910) 138 (MED) Þe priour and þe couent of Sempingham haue instauntly mad her postulacion on-to us þat we schuld graunt þat maystir Gilbert schuld be wrytyn in þe cathaloge of seyntis.

?c1500 Conversion of St. Paul (Digby) 44 Accordyng to your petycions that ye make postulacion.

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 147 Postulation was made for the continuance of rest.

1582 Bible (Rheims) 1 Tim. ii. 1 That obsecrations, praiers, postulations, thankes-gevings be made for al men.

1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed vi. 430 Presenting his postulations at the throne of God.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. civ. 139 This peer, after having gently disapproved of the letter of postulation,..kindly undertook to recommend his case to the minister.

1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. III. 375 William,..in conforming to the constitution upon the postulation of the English acted with entire consistency.

2000 Africa News (Nexis) 1 Dec. The group, in the petition, was therefore asking the Senate to ‘disregard the selfish postulations of the three Abia senators by going ahead to clear Ugochukwu’.

b. Ecclesiastical Law. A request or appeal sent to a supreme authority to sanction the nomination of a person for an ecclesiastical office (such sanction often being required because the candidate is canonically disqualified from appointment by, for example, holding another similar office). Hence: a nomination or election awaiting the approval of a higher authority.A postulation usually requires a majority of two-thirds of the electing body before it can be sent to the authority providing dispensation for the impediment.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] > presentation of one who is disqualified

postulationa1500

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ix. 2213 Þai gaderit in chapiter, And kest þat postulacion Was best for þat promocion. To postulle, þai delyuerit þan A commendit famows man..Þan Bischop of Abyrdenys se.

1567 Abp. M. Parker Let. 5 Oct. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 306 For his election, or rather postulation, is but to be presented to the Queen's Highness to have her royal assent.

1688 London Gaz. No. 2365/3 The Cardinal, as being Bishop of Strasbourg, could not, without the Pope's Dispensation, be chosen but by Postulation, which required Two Thirds of the Electors to be for him.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1725) III. iv. 1302 The Cardinal's postulation was defective, since he had not two thirds.

1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xix. 307 (note) All postulations, that is, elections of persons disqualified.

1889 Dublin Rev. Oct. 335 The word election comprehends postulation, nomination, and presentation.

1911 Catholic Encycl. XII. 319/2 Postulation, a petition presented to a competent ecclesiastical superior, that he may promote to a certain dignity a person who is not strictly eligible on account of some canonical impediment which is usually dispensable.

1991 Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Encycl. 771/1 After the required votes are received, the postulation is sent to the authority competent to grant the dispensation from the impediment, who then confirms the election.

†c. Roman Law. An application to the praetor for authority to bring an accusation. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > application to bring accusation

postulation1851

1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 23 The postulation was the regal right of the Roman Commonwealth.

2. The assumption of the truth or existence of something unproved, esp. as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief; (also, more loosely) the action of putting forward or formulating a proposition, theory, hypothesis, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun]

presumptiona1250

presuppositiona1533

sumption1572

assuming1602

supposition1603

postulation1648

assumption1656

positing1854

1648 R. Filmer Limited or Mixed Monarchy 8 Our Author expects it should be admitted as a magisteriall postulation without any other proof then a naked supposition.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iv. 17 We know how absurd this postulation is.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxiv. 395 The law of Parcimony, which forbids, without necessity, the multiplication of entities, powers, principles, or causes; above all, the postulation of an unknown force, where a known impotence can account for the effect.

1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. 380 Mr. Mill cannot surely want this cumbrous allowance of postulation.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 401 The postulation of a single separate ‘centre for concepts’.

1926 Language 2 160 The postulation of zero elements is necessary for Sanskrit..for Primitive Indo-European..and probably economical for English.

1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 1047/2 To the Freudian-trained psychoanalyst this book presents interesting theoretical postulations and research.

1991 B. Pimlott & S. MacGregor Tackling Inner Cities (BNC) 56 Now there are problems with the simple postulation of a link between unemployment, crime, and disorder.

†3. Mathematics. The number of conditions imposed on a surface, etc., in order to give it a certain form or property. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > surface > [noun] > number of conditions imposed upon

postulation1869

1869 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers VII. 225 We may say that the number of conditions imposed upon a surface of the order n which passes through the common intersection is the Postulation of this intersection.

1870 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers 140 The general quadric surface..can..be determined so as to satisfy 9 conditions; or, as we might express it, the Postulation of the surface is = 9.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	postulation
释义	postulationn. Brit. /ˌpɒstjᵿˈleɪʃn/, /ˌpɒstʃᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌpɑstʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English postulacyoun, late Middle English–1500s postulacion, 1500s– postulation; Scottish pre-1700 postulacion, pre-1700 postulacioun, pre-1700 postulatioune, pre-1700 1700s– postulation. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French postulacion; Latin postulātiōn-, postulātiō. Etymology: < (i) Middle French postulacion, postulation demand, supplication (c1200 in Old French as postulation ; French postulation ), request or appeal to a supreme authority to sanction election to an ecclesiastical office where dispensation is required (a1472), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin postulātiōn-, postulātiō demand, request, application to the praetor for authority to bring an accusation, in post-classical Latin also prayer (Vulgate), election to an ecclesiastical office where dispensation is required (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < postulāt- , past participial stem of postulāre to demand (see postulate v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Catalan postulació (a1369), Spanish postulación (a1412 or earlier), Italian postulazione (a1311).Use of the word in senses 2 and 3 is apparently not paralleled in Latin or French. Compare postulate n.² N.E.D. (1907) gives only the pronunciation (pǫstiŭlēⁱ·ʃən) /pɒstjʊˈleɪʃən/. 1. a. The action of requesting or claiming something from an authority; esp. a petition or humble prayer, an appeal for forgiveness, favour, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > requesting or demanding askinga1200 bidding?c1225 frayninga1300 requestc1405 postulationa1425 demanding1530 demand1604 flagitation1658 a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 1 Tim. ii. 1 Þerfore I beseche..obsecracyouns to be made and prayers, postulacyouns [L. postulationes], doyngys of thankyngys for alle men. 1428 in R. T. Storey Reg. T. Langley (1959) 104 (MED) I have conceyvet your desire touchyng the postulacion of our sustre dame Margaret Danby..to the whilk postulacion I graunte fully. c1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert (1910) 138 (MED) Þe priour and þe couent of Sempingham haue instauntly mad her postulacion on-to us þat we schuld graunt þat maystir Gilbert schuld be wrytyn in þe cathaloge of seyntis. ?c1500 Conversion of St. Paul (Digby) 44 Accordyng to your petycions that ye make postulacion. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 147 Postulation was made for the continuance of rest. 1582 Bible (Rheims) 1 Tim. ii. 1 That obsecrations, praiers, postulations, thankes-gevings be made for al men. 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed vi. 430 Presenting his postulations at the throne of God. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. civ. 139 This peer, after having gently disapproved of the letter of postulation,..kindly undertook to recommend his case to the minister. 1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. III. 375 William,..in conforming to the constitution upon the postulation of the English acted with entire consistency. 2000 Africa News (Nexis) 1 Dec. The group, in the petition, was therefore asking the Senate to ‘disregard the selfish postulations of the three Abia senators by going ahead to clear Ugochukwu’. b. Ecclesiastical Law. A request or appeal sent to a supreme authority to sanction the nomination of a person for an ecclesiastical office (such sanction often being required because the candidate is canonically disqualified from appointment by, for example, holding another similar office). Hence: a nomination or election awaiting the approval of a higher authority.A postulation usually requires a majority of two-thirds of the electing body before it can be sent to the authority providing dispensation for the impediment. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] > presentation of one who is disqualified postulationa1500 a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ix. 2213 Þai gaderit in chapiter, And kest þat postulacion Was best for þat promocion. To postulle, þai delyuerit þan A commendit famows man..Þan Bischop of Abyrdenys se. 1567 Abp. M. Parker Let. 5 Oct. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 306 For his election, or rather postulation, is but to be presented to the Queen's Highness to have her royal assent. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2365/3 The Cardinal, as being Bishop of Strasbourg, could not, without the Pope's Dispensation, be chosen but by Postulation, which required Two Thirds of the Electors to be for him. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1725) III. iv. 1302 The Cardinal's postulation was defective, since he had not two thirds. 1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xix. 307 (note) All postulations, that is, elections of persons disqualified. 1889 Dublin Rev. Oct. 335 The word election comprehends postulation, nomination, and presentation. 1911 Catholic Encycl. XII. 319/2 Postulation, a petition presented to a competent ecclesiastical superior, that he may promote to a certain dignity a person who is not strictly eligible on account of some canonical impediment which is usually dispensable. 1991 Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Encycl. 771/1 After the required votes are received, the postulation is sent to the authority competent to grant the dispensation from the impediment, who then confirms the election. †c. Roman Law. An application to the praetor for authority to bring an accusation. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > application to bring accusation postulation1851 1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 23 The postulation was the regal right of the Roman Commonwealth. 2. The assumption of the truth or existence of something unproved, esp. as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief; (also, more loosely) the action of putting forward or formulating a proposition, theory, hypothesis, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun] presumptiona1250 presuppositiona1533 sumption1572 assuming1602 supposition1603 postulation1648 assumption1656 positing1854 1648 R. Filmer Limited or Mixed Monarchy 8 Our Author expects it should be admitted as a magisteriall postulation without any other proof then a naked supposition. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. iv. 17 We know how absurd this postulation is. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxiv. 395 The law of Parcimony, which forbids, without necessity, the multiplication of entities, powers, principles, or causes; above all, the postulation of an unknown force, where a known impotence can account for the effect. 1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. 380 Mr. Mill cannot surely want this cumbrous allowance of postulation. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 401 The postulation of a single separate ‘centre for concepts’. 1926 Language 2 160 The postulation of zero elements is necessary for Sanskrit..for Primitive Indo-European..and probably economical for English. 1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 1047/2 To the Freudian-trained psychoanalyst this book presents interesting theoretical postulations and research. 1991 B. Pimlott & S. MacGregor Tackling Inner Cities (BNC) 56 Now there are problems with the simple postulation of a link between unemployment, crime, and disorder. †3. Mathematics. The number of conditions imposed on a surface, etc., in order to give it a certain form or property. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > surface > [noun] > number of conditions imposed upon postulation1869 1869 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers VII. 225 We may say that the number of conditions imposed upon a surface of the order n which passes through the common intersection is the Postulation of this intersection. 1870 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers 140 The general quadric surface..can..be determined so as to satisfy 9 conditions; or, as we might express it, the Postulation of the surface is = 9. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425
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