postulant noun. ['pɒstjʊl(ǝ)nt] M18.
[French, or Latin postulant- pres. ppl stem of postulare POSTULATE verb: see -ANT¹.]
A candidate for appointment to some honour, office, or position; esp. a candidate for admission into a religious order.
■ A. West She followed up on her conversion by becoming a postulant in a Dominican Convent.

■ postulancy noun the condition of being a postulant; the period during which this lasts: L19.

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