postulator

pos·tu·la·tor

(pŏs′chə-lā′tər)

1. One who postulates.

2. Roman Catholic Church A church official who presents a plea for canonization or beatification.

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postulator

(ˈpɒstjʊˌleɪtə)

(Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a person, usually a priest, deputed to prepare and present a plea for the beatification or canonization of some deceased person

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postulator

a priest who submits a plea for beatification or canonization.

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Noun 1. postulator - (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization

Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy

clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

2. postulator - someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument

affirmer, asserter, asseverator, avower, declarer - someone who claims to speak the truth; "a bold asserter"; "a declarer of his intentions"; "affirmers of traditional doctrine"; "an asseverator of strong convictions"; "an avower of his own great intelligence"

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