Postulant vs. Pustulant

Postulantnoun

(Christianity) A person seeking admission to a religious order

Postulantnoun

A person who submits a petition for something; a petitioner.

Postulantnoun

One who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate.

Postulantnoun

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

Postulant

A postulant (from Latin: postulare, to ask) was originally one who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate. The use of the term is now generally restricted to those asking for admission into a Christian monastery or a religious order for the period of time preceding their admission into the novitiate.The term is most commonly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, and the Anglican Communion (which includes the Episcopal Church, which uses the term to designate those who are seeking ordination to the diaconate or priesthood.

Pustulantadjective

(medicine) Producing pustules.

Pustulantnoun

(medicine) Any medicine that produces pustules.

Pustulantadjective

Producing pustules.

Pustulantadjective

Originally: causing the formation of pustules (now rare). Later: affected with pustules; pustular.