n. 1. A person submitting a request or application; a petitioner. 2. A candidate for admission into a religious order. [French, from Old French, from Latin postulāns, postulant-, present participle of postulāre, to request; see POSTULATE.] postu·lan·cy, postu·lant·ship′ n. |
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