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postulant

Pronunciation:  'pâschulunt

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 Definition: [n]  one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order
 
 See Also: petitioner, suppliant, supplicant

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

 
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