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单词 postulant
释义

postulant

/ˈpɒstjʊl(ə)nt /
noun
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....
  • In order to be accepted as a postulant in a religious community, I must be free of all financial obligations.
  • On entering the order, postulants spend much of the first year in Killarney, with periods in the Franciscans' base in Osterley in England.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from French postulant or Latin postulant- 'asking', from the verb postulare (see postulate).

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