postulant
English edit
Etymology edit
From French postulant, present participle of postuler.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
postulant (plural postulants)
- (religion) A person seeking admission to a religious order.
- 2020, Robert E. Buswell Jr., The Zen Monastic Experience, page 81:
- 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 […]
- A person who submits a petition for something; a petitioner.
- 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1254:
- 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.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Verb edit
postulant
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French postulant.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
postulant m (plural postulanten)
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
postulant m (plural postulants, feminine postulante)
- applicant (person who applies for something)
- postulant (person seeking admission to a religious order)
Participle edit
postulant
Further reading edit
- “postulant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
postulant
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin postulāns.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
postulant m pers (female equivalent postulantka)
Declension edit
Declension of postulant
singular | plural | |
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nominative | postulant | postulanci/postulanty (deprecative) |
genitive | postulanta | postulantów |
dative | postulantowi | postulantom |
accusative | postulanta | postulantów |
instrumental | postulantem | postulantami |
locative | postulancie | postulantach |
vocative | postulancie | postulanci |
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French postulant.
Noun edit
postulant m (plural postulanți, feminine equivalent postulantă)
- (rare) person who seeks a post
- Synonym: solicitant
Declension edit
Declension of postulant
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) postulant | postulantul | (niște) postulanți | postulanții |
genitive/dative | (unui) postulant | postulantului | (unor) postulanți | postulanților |
vocative | postulantule | postulanților |