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postulant definition

pos·tu·lant (päs′chə lənt, -tyə-)

noun

a petitioner or candidate, esp. one for admission into a religious order

Etymology: Fr < L postulans, prp. of postulare: see postulate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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