man of the cloth vs postulator

postulator vs man of the cloth

man of the cloth and postulator both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
man of the cloth	Yes	No	No	No
postulator	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, postulator is a hyponym of man of the cloth; that is, postulator is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than man of the cloth:

man of the cloth: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
postulator: (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization

Other hyponyms of man of the cloth include acolyte, anagnost, archdeacon, chaplain, churchman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, curate, minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector, deacon, domine, dominee, dominie, dominus, doorkeeper, ostiarius, ostiary, lector, reader, officiant, ordinand, ordinary, preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer, priest, shepherd, subdeacon, vicar, vicar.

man of the cloth (noun)	postulator (noun)
a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church	someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument
	(Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization

Difference between man of the cloth and postulator

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