postulator
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of postulator
First recorded in 1860–65, postulator is from the Latin word postulātor claimant. See postulate, -tor
Example Sentences
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It took 60 years but a postulator from the Vatican finally came to Richard, a lonesome patch of boggy farmland in southern Louisiana’s rice belt, last December.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
She happened upon this privilege by virtue of her role: She is the vice postulator for John Paul I’s sainthood.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021
A postulator – essentially the cheerleader spearheading the project – gathers testimony and documentation and presents the case to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2017
The postulator, in this case Canadian priest Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, sends voluminous documentation to the Vatican, where its Congregation for the Causes of Saints assigns it to a "relator".
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2016
The postulator, who is the mandatory of a diocese or ecclesiastical commonalty, is the solicitor.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
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