postulant (A person admitted to a religious order as a probationary candidate for membership)

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• postulant — noun Etymology: French, petitioner, candidate, postulant, from Middle French, from present participle of postuler to demand, solicit, from Latin postulare Date: 1759 1. a person admitted to a religious order as a probationary candidate for… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• The Benedictine Order —     The Benedictine Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Benedictine Order     The Benedictine Order comprises monks living under the Rule of St. Benedict, and commonly known as black monks . The order will be considered in this article under… …   Catholic encyclopedia