Postulant vs. Pustulant — What's the Difference?

A postulant (from Latin: postulare, to ask) was originally one who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate. The use of the term is now generally restricted to those asking for admission into a Christian monastery or a religious order for the period of time preceding their admission into the novitiate.The term is most commonly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, and the Anglican Communion (which includes the Episcopal Church, which uses the term to designate those who are seeking ordination to the diaconate or priesthood.

Originally: causing the formation of pustules (now rare). Later: affected with pustules; pustular.

A person submitting a request or application; a petitioner.

Causing the formation of pustules.

A candidate for admission into a religious order.

A pustulant agent.

(religion) A person seeking admission to a religious order.

(medicine) Producing pustules.

A person who submits a petition for something; a petitioner.

(medicine) Any medicine that produces pustules.

One who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate.

Producing pustules.

One submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order