seminarian

[ sem-uh-nair-ee-uhn ]

noun

1. a student in a theological seminary.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seminarian¹

First recorded in 1575–85; seminary + -an

Example Sentences

As a onetime banker and former Jesuit seminarian, I can help!

From The Daily Beast

As a young seminarian, he studied in Washington, D.C., and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, Brown might mention that he had been a seminarian—and nearly became a priest.

From The Daily Beast

Even to the seminarian in Plautus little satisfaction has been vouchsafed.

From Project Gutenberg

Madame and Solange and our ex-seminarian knew all the words and the rest of us came in strong with "Venite, adoremus Dominum."

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I am not a seminarian whom you are preparing to take the bands.

From Project Gutenberg

The coachman, with the whip around his neck, and a young man who looked a bit like a seminarian, began to chat and smoke.

From Project Gutenberg

Systematic Theology has its difficulties to the seminarian, but more for him who attempts to master it alone.

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