postulant

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order

From French postulant, present participle of postuler.

If there were only ethereal where would you all be, postulants and novices? — Ulysses, James Joyce
One is a postulant for two years at least, often for four; a novice for four. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
During these wanderings, Pierre noticed that he was spoken of now as the “Seeker,” now as the “Sufferer,” and now as the “Postulant,” to the accompaniment of various knockings with mallets and swords. — War and Peace, Leo, graf Tolstoy

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