postulant
45 synonyms found
- abbess
- abecedarian
- alphabetarian
- apprentice
- articled clerk
- aspirant
- bidder
- boot
- candidate
- canoness
- catechumen
- claimant
- clergywoman
- conventual
- debutant
- entrant
- fledgling
- freshman
- inductee
- lady superior
- mother superior
- new boy
- newcomer
- novitiate
- nun
- petitioner
- prioress
- probationer
- probationist
- raw recruit
- recruit
- religieuse
- rookie
- secular canoness
- seeker
- sister
- solicitant
- solicitor
- suitor
- superioress
- suppliant
- supplicant
- tenderfoot
- the reverend mother
- tyro
Definition
(n) :
a person who submits a petition; a petitioner; a person seeking admission to a religious order