different between religious vs postulant

English

Etymology

From Middle English religiouse, religious, religius, religeous, from Anglo-Norman religieus, religius, from Old French religious, religieux, and their source, Latin religi?sus (“religious, superstitious, conscientious”), from religi?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??.?l?.d???s/
• Rhymes: -?d??s

Adjective

religious (comparative more religious, superlative most religious)

1. Concerning religion.

   • The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

2. Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.

3. Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.

Antonyms

• (concerning religion): irreligious, profane, secular, atheistic
• (committed to religion): areligious, irreligious
• (highly dedicated): casual

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Translations

Noun

religious (plural religious or religiouses)

1. A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 354:

     Towards the end of the seventh century the monks of Fleury [...] clandestinely excavated the body of Benedict himself, plus the corpse of his even more shadowy sister and fellow religious, Scholastica.

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Further reading

• religious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• religious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From French postulant, present participle of postuler.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?stj?l?nt/, /?p?st??l?nt/

Noun

postulant (plural postulants)

1. (Christianity) A person seeking admission to a religious order
2. A person who submits a petition for something; a petitioner.
   • 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1254:

     But when the three postulants returned with Sabine it was clear that the results had been far from satisfactory, perhaps because of the massive potations of the old lady.

Anagrams

• outplants

Catalan

Verb

postulant

1. present participle of postular

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French postulant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s.ty?l?nt/
• Hyphenation: pos?tu?lant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

postulant m (plural postulanten)

1. (religion) postulant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?s.ty.l??/

Noun

postulant m (plural postulants, feminine postulante)

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Verb

postulant

1. present participle of postuler

Latin

Verb

postulant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of postul?

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??stu.lant/

Noun

postulant m pers (feminine postulantka)

1. (religion) postulant

Declension

Further reading

• postulant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French postulant.

Noun

postulant m (plural postulan?i)

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Declension