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Definition of: postulant
(pos′chə·lənt) noun
1. One who or that which presents a request.
2. Eccl. An applicant for admission into a religious order or the sacred ministry. Compare NOVICE. [<F <L postulans, -antis, ppr. of postulare demand]
—pos′tu·lant·ship noun
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