postulation

Supplication; prayer.

The act of postulating, or assuming without proof; supposition; assumption.

In ecclesiastical law, the presentation or election to any office of one who is in some way disqualified for the appointment.

The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.

The act of postulating or something postulated

Something self-evident that can be assumed as the basis of an argument

a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

(logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument