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postulant

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɒstjʊlənt/Part of speech nounSorted alnopsttuStarts with PEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order

Word origin

From French postulant, present participle of postuler.

Used in a sentence

  • After their six-month postulancies are over and they have mastered all the chants and books of monastic regulations, the postulants are finally ready to ordain as novice monks […]
  • But when the three postulants returned with Sabine it was clear that the results had been far from satisfactory, perhaps because of the massive potations of the old lady.

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