postulant

Examples

• All

• We were speculating about the qualifications of some of our postulants.

  The Sound of Music (1965)

• "The two new postulants are studying together on the garden bench under the sycamore."

  Fiction book (1994)

• Now, after only a few weeks as a postulant and a novice, Amy was leaving alone.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Each postulant presented verbal reports to the entire community once a week, followed by communal questioning.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The other students in our small group included young postulants for the Roman Catholic priesthood.

  Academic text (2015)

• The two postulants are sitting on the bench, taking turns practicing the responses to Compline.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The next week, St. Ed drove into town and came back with two new postulants: Ralph from Berkeley wore a blond ponytail and Mexican huaraches.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Brother S, as prior of the hermitage, would direct each of the postulants to an isolated area in the desert for a night of solitary preparation.

  Fiction book (1993)

• August sixth, the Feast of the Transfiguration? At last? The postulants would make their first profession of vows later that morning, Pete as a lay brother and the rest as choir monks.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The postulant spent several months in training before taking her final vows.

Synonyms

C

candidate

vspostulant

564 2.3

A person being considered for a job, award or prize

is about formally applying rather than being considered for selection

A

applicant

vspostulant

201 2.7

A person who asks for something, for example a job or a place at a university

is reserved for those seeking admission to a religious order before acceptance

Antonyms

M

member

∞ 1.4

A person, animal, or thing that belongs to a group

How Advanced

novice

8 7.1

postulant

• Formal

2 9.9

Surface Forms

Etymology