1. (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization

• clergyman
• man of the cloth
• reverend

2. (noun) someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument

• affirmer
• asserter
• asseverator
• avower
• declarer

1. (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization

• church of rome
• roman catholic
• roman catholic church
• roman church
• western church

1. (noun) someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument

• posit
• postulate