A postulant is a person taking the first step in religious life before entering the novitiate and receiving a habit. As this is before they receive a veil, in traditional religious orders, the postulant receives a cap with which to cover her head.

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aspirant

candidate

claimant

hopeful

inquirer

petitioner,

postulant,

seeker,

suitor,

suppliant

Only a priest can be a Monsignor in The Catholic Church. Monsignor is merely used as an honorary distinction of faithfulness to God and The Church.

The cast of La prigione di Bobbio - 2014 includes: Ambra Angiolini as Postulant Alberto Bellocchio as Bishop Pier Giorgio Bellocchio Lidiya Liberman

When she first joined the Sisters of Loreto, she was sent to Ireland for a few months of learning English. After that, she was a postulant and a novice in training to become a sister of Loreto in Darjeeling, India. She spent a few months in Patna to receive a basic medical training in the Holy Family Hospital and then ventured out into the slums. That is the extent of her training.