- postulator
- noun Date: 1863 an official who presents a plea for beatification or canonization in the Roman Catholic Church — compare devil's advocate
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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postulator — [päs′tyo͞olāt΄ər, päs′tyəlāt΄ər; päs′choolāt΄ər, päs′chelāt΄ər] n. 1. one who postulates 2. R.C.Ch. an official who pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization … English World dictionary
Postulator — In the Roman Catholic Church, a postulator is a church official who presents a plea for canonization or beatification of a person they think should become a saint. [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=postulator] … Wikipedia
Postulator — Mit Postulator wird in der römisch katholischen Kirche ein offizieller Kirchenvertreter bezeichnet, der in einem Seligsprechungs oder Heiligsprechungsprozess biographische Informationen, Schriften der Person sowie schriftliche und mündliche… … Deutsch Wikipedia
postulator — /pos cheuh lay teuhr/, n. Rom. Cath. Ch. a priest who presents a plea for a beatification or the canonization of a beatus. Cf. devil s advocate (def. 2). [1860 65; < L postulator claimant. See POSTULATE, TOR] * * * … Universalium
postulator — noun a) A person who postulates something as the basis of an argument b) A Roman Catholic official who makes the case for the beatification of a proposed saint … Wiktionary
postulator — official who presents case for canonization or beatification Ecclesiastical Terms … Phrontistery dictionary
postulator — pÉ‘stʃəleɪtÉ™(r) / pÉ’stjÊŠl n. one who postulates, one who supposes, one who presumes; one who submits a candidate for beautification, petitioner (Catholicism) … English contemporary dictionary
postulator — pos·tu·la·tor … English syllables
postulator — n. 1 a person who postulates. 2 RC Ch. a person who presents a case for canonization or beatification … Useful english dictionary
Beatification and Canonization — • According to some writers the origin in the Catholic Church is to be traced back to the ancient pagan apotheosis Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Beatification and Canonization Beatification and Canoni … Catholic encyclopedia
