Definition of Postulant. Meaning of Postulant. Synonyms of Postulant

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Definition of Postulant

Postulant
Postulant 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.

Meaning of Postulant from wikipedia

- A postulant (from Latin: postulare, to ask) was originally one who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate. The use of the term is now generally...
- a monk, one first must be accepted by a community as a postulant. During the time of postulancy the man lives at the monastery to test his vocation, to...
- Postulancy: candidates live as a member of the monastery as a postulant for some months and are guided by the novice director. Novitiate: postulants will...
- confession, and learns that thirty years previously, when she was a young postulant and Adeyemi was a village priest, the two had an illicit relationship...
- authorized the prioress to receive Therese. On 9 April 1888 she became a postulant in the Carmel of Lisieux. The convent Therese entered was an old-established...
- Friar Monk Basilian Sister Nun Hermit Anchorite Novice Master Oblate Postulant Lay brother Porter Other Asceticism Foolishness for Christ Tonsure Vocational...
- Custos Friar Dean Grand master Hermit Master of novices Monk Novice Nun Postulant Oblate Prior Provincial superior Rector Religious Superior general Additional...
- are identified as possessing a special religious or spiritual value. Postulants make votive offerings in hopes of having a wish granted, or a prayer answered...
- Custos Friar Dean Grand master Hermit Master of novices Monk Novice Nun Postulant Oblate Prior Provincial superior Rector Religious Superior general Additional...
- marketeering operations of a Mafia don, and has an affair with a woman in the postulant stage of becoming a nun. He eventually repents and returns to his faith...