Word of the Day:
postulant
What It Means
A person seeking admission to a religious order.
A person who submits a petition for something; a petitioner.
Postulant in Context
“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 […]”
Did You Know?
From French postulant, present participle of postuler.
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