postulant

/ˈpɑstʃələnt/
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Other forms: postulants

Definitions of postulant
  1. noun
    one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order
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    type of:
    petitioner, requester, suppliant, supplicant
    one praying humbly for something
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