Thesaurus / postulant
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He spoke to the postulant alone, praising the august and humble life of the cloister.
EN ROUTEJ.-K. (JORIS-KARL) HUYSMANSJephthah regarded his postulant daughter-in-law from under lowered, bushy brows.
JUDITH OF THE CUMBERLANDSALICE MACGOWANThere are degrees in the struggle for saintliness; the journalist was but a postulant.
WHEN IT WAS DARKGUY THORNEThe ministrant addressed the postulant, “Brother, dost thou wish to give thyself to our faith?”
A HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION OF THE MIDDLE AGES; VOLUME IHENRY CHARLES LEALupo agnum eripere postulant—They insist on snatching the lamb from the wolf.
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN SOURCESJAMES WOODQuite often during my postulant period, while I was learning these Latin prayers, I would have to do sewing.
THE DEMANDS OF ROMEELIZABETH SCHOFFENCertainly, after such trials, the postulant is fully informed; nevertheless, his superiors contribute what they know.
THE ORIGINS OF CONTEMPORARY FRANCE, VOLUME 6 (OF 6)HIPPOLYTE A. TAINEThere is in this figure something of the recalcitrant seminarist, and also something of the virtuous postulant.
THE CATHEDRALJORIS-KARL HUYSMANSNo one can become a postulant for admission to the Society until fourteen years old, unless by special dispensation.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 15, SLICE 3VARIOUSBut professions were often written by others, and the postulant only put his or her cross.
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH NUNNERIES C. 1275 TO 1535EILEEN EDNA POWERWORDS RELATED TO POSTULANT
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