postulator
English
Noun
postulator (plural postulators)
- A person who postulates something as the basis of an argument.
- A Roman Catholic official who makes the case for the beatification or canonization of a proposed saint.
Translations
Roman Catholic official
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Latin
Verb
postulātor
- second/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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016