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postulant

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pos⋅tu⋅lant

  [pos-chuh-luhnt]
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–noun
1. a candidate, esp. for admission into a religious order.
2. a person who asks or applies for something.
Origin:
1750–60; < F < L postulant- (s. of postulāns), prp. of postulāre to ask for, claim, require

Related forms:
pos⋅tu⋅lant⋅ship, noun
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pos·tu·lant   (pŏs'chə-lənt)   
n.  

  1. A person submitting a request or application; a petitioner.

  2. A candidate for admission into a religious order.


[French, from Old French, from Latin postulāns, postulant-, present participle of postulāre, to request; see postulate.]
pos'tu·lan·cy, pos'tu·lant·ship' n.
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