postulant in English

noun
1
a candidate, especially one seeking admission into a religious order.
The discussion concerns postulants and candidates for holy orders, more particularly those who aspire to ordained ministry as vocational or permanent deacons.

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1. 28 synonyms for Aspirant: candidate, applicant, hopeful, aspirer, seeker, suitor, postulant, hopeful

2. Congratulations Brothers Andrew, Halen, Matt, & Carter! #Postulant #SFNObros #Bebrother #FSCvocations #ReligiousLife #Catholic

3. Synonyms for Culdee include monk, brother, friar, religious, contemplative, novice, oblate, postulant, abbot and Benedictine

4. The rite was thought to release the postulant from Satan’s rule, purify him from all sin, and impart the holy spirit.

5. 1833, William M′Gavin, The Protestant: Essays on the Principal Points of Controversy between the Church of Rome and the Reformed‎[1], volume 2, page 496: The very reverend Celebrant was then conducted to the platform of the altar, and the postulant and her