The first is the Hierophant; his name designates the one who reveals the sacred things, and his main office is to initiate the postulants to the mysteries.
In the assembly, provincial ministers were appointed, to whom power was given for admitting postulants into the Order; which the Founder had previously reserved to himself.
These mistresses were called "Dames de Saint-Louis" and were under vows; they were recruited by postulants selected from class Blue; the Superior was chosen by election among themselves from their own body.
Such exaggerated and offensive expressions are only employed by postulantsfor pensions or benefices, and are even injurious to what is really commendable and what one wishes to praise.
This minister is said to have been Louvois (see page 204, note 2), who liked to have many postulants about him.
It struck him as slightly ludicrous that a few young novices and postulants should represent the venerable choir-monks whom one pictured at such a ceremony from one's reading of the Rule of St. Benedict.
Father Burrowes went away as usual to preach after Christmas; but before he went Mark was clothed as a novice together with two other postulants who had been at Malford since September.
Several other questions were asked, to which the young postulants responded satisfactorily, and they were then led forth to put off the garments of the world, and assume that of religion.
Her second batch of postulants had already obtained in Paris the approbation of M.
The name once pronounced, there could no longer be mistake; Lydia alone of all the postulants could so hold herself: Vera incessu patuit dea.
At this point in the ritual there was a pause, during which it was the privilege of the postulants and novices to have a prayer offered in case of special anxiety.
They were building a church of good size, and seem to prosper; but he complains that no postulants come; they have received not one cleric yet.
True, the partisans and postulants of all these religions at the present day will claim exception in favor of their own cult, and regard as sacrilegious and profane any attempt to institute comparisons and draw general conclusions.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "postulants" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
