postulant /ˈpɒstjʊlənt/ noun2 •A person seeking admission to a religious order.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 •A person who submits a petition for something; a petitioner.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. — 1985 formspostulants
