postulant

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɒstjʊlənt/|/ˈpɒstʃʊlənt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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 […]
  2. 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.

词形变化

postulants plural

词源

From French postulant, present participle of postuler.
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