英语词汇“postulant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

postulant

释义

postulant|ˈpɒstjʊlənt|
[a. F. postulant ad. L. postulāns, -āntem, pr. pple. of postulāre to demand: see postulate v.]
One who asks or petitions for something; a petitioner; a candidate for some appointment, honour, or office; esp. a candidate for admission into a religious order.
1759Chesterfield Lett. to Son 2 Feb., That he will have one [a garter] is very certain; but when,..is very uncertain; all the other postulants wanting to be dubbed at the same time.1766Char. in Ann. Reg. 28/2 There were many postulants for the abbey of Anchin.1844Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) I. iv. 133 The age at which the postulant might be admitted [i.e. into holy orders].1859Jephson Brittany xv. 245 When a young man applies for admission he is taken in for two years as a postulant.1873F. Hall Mod. Eng. iv. 98 Words..often answering to calls too subtile for analysis, are constantly presenting themselves as postulants for recognition.1876C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. 220 The public reception of a postulant into the order of ‘Our Lady of Mercy’.

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