21. She was the first of nine postulants admitted to the order on 31 December 1623. 22. Postulants seeking admission must have a dowry.23. In 1794 Ffrench was accepted as a Dominican postulant in The Claddagh priory of Galway. 24. A seemingly young Manchu woman, Lo-Tsen, is another postulant at the lamasery. 25. Once she had advanced from postulant and novice to professed nun, she enrolled in Tennyson. 26. The candidate retains postulant status throughout seminary, until ordination to the transitional diaconate takes place. 27. The postulant who will not pursue ordination into the priesthood is ordained into the vocational diaconate. 28. By 1963, the Congregation numbers 483 professed Sisters, 40 novices, and 9 postulants . 29. The postulant is startled, but quickly smitten with Lancelot, as Lancelot is with her. 30. On 24 September 1869 the future founder and two of her companions were received as postulants .
