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postulancies

postulancies is the plural of postulancy.

Meaning of postulancy

Noun

postulancy (countable and uncountable, plural postulancies)

  1. The role or status of a postulant.
    • 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 […]2020, Robert E. Buswell Jr., The Zen Monastic Experience, page 81

Questions about postulancies

What is postulancies the plural of?
Postulancies is the plural of postulancy.

Words near postulancies in the dictionary

  1. posttruth
  2. posttumor
  3. posttussive
  4. posttympanic
  5. posttyphoid
  6. postulancies
  7. postulancy
  8. postulant
  9. postulants
  10. postulata
  11. postulate

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