Definition of Postulants. Meaning of Postulants. Synonyms of Postulants

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Definition of Postulants

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 Postulants from wikipedia

- community. Usually, the postulant joins the formal education that is given to the novices. Some communities prefer the postulants to wear a specific garb...
- punishments on the young postulants spending their first months at the convent; comparatively, the nun overseeing the postulants' direct education, Sister...
- 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...
- centre for Malaysian Theravada Buddhist monks. Its mission is to prepare postulants and new monks to live in accordance with the Dhamma-Vinaya — the core...
- Custos Friar Dean Grand master Hermit Master of novices Monk Novice Nun Postulant Oblate Prior Provincial superior Rector Religious Superior general Additional...
- Uganda, from 1979 to 1985. He was responsible for the formation of Comboni postulants in Addis Ababa from 1985 to 1990. From July to December 1990 he studied...
- community and the community to get to know him. If the postulant and the community agree that the postulant should become a novice, he is received as such. At...
- 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...
- requirements for the duration of the novitiate. The novice must complete a postulancy before being admitted to the novitiate, the duration of which can be short...
- 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...