postulator
(ˈpɒstjʊleɪtə(r))
[a. L. postulātor a claimant, agent-noun f. postulāre to postulate.]
One who postulates; one who requests or demands; spec. in R.C. Ch. a pleader for a candidate for beatification or canonization.
| 1863 tr. Luquet's Life Anna Maria Taigi 2 The undersigned Bishop of Hesebon, Postulator of the suit of the servant of God, Anna Maria Taigi. 1884 Cath. Dict. s.v. Beatification, The process is now opened, at the request of the postulators, or supporters of the beatification. Ibid. s.v. Canonisation, The postulator of the cause..asks twice that the name of the servant of God whose cause he pleads may be enrolled in the catalogue of the Saints. 1973 Times 2 Nov. 5/5 The required proof of two miracles is said to have brought to the postulator of the cause ‘an embarrassment of choices’. |