postulator

English

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Noun

postulator (plural postulators)

1. A person who postulates something as the basis of an argument.
2. A Roman Catholic official who makes the case for the beatification or canonization of a proposed saint.

Translations

Roman Catholic official

Hungarian: posztulátor

Latin

Verb

postulātor

1. 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016