a candidate for admission to a Holy Order
a girl who is trying to become a nun in the muggle religion Catholicism
A person admitted by the bishop into the formal preparation for the ordained ministry. See " ordination."
a petitioner or candidate for admission into a religious order; the Wiccan rite of Initiation refers to the candidate as a Postulant, which signifies not only that Wicca is a specific Pagan Mystery religion and magickal order, but also that, since Wicca does not proselytize, a candidate must ask to be Initiated into Wicca
a man formally accepted as a candidate for entry into the Christian Brothers* and the Novitiate.
A postulant, sometimes also known as a pre-novice, is a person preparing to be admitted as a novice into a religious community.