postulator

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English

Noun

postulator (plural postulators)

  1. A person who postulates something as the basis of an argument.
  2. A Roman Catholic official who makes the case for the beatification or canonization of a proposed saint.

Translations


Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) postulātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of postulō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of postulō

References

  • postulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • postulator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • postulator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016