seminarian

[ sem-uh-nair-ee-uhn ]

/ ˌsɛm əˈnɛər i ən /

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noun

a student in a theological seminary.

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Also sem·i·na·rist

[sem-uh-ner-ist]. /ˈsɛm ə nər ɪst/.

Origin of seminarian

First recorded in 1575–85; seminary + -an

Words nearby seminarian

seminal, seminal fluid, seminal principle, seminal vesicle, seminar, seminarian, seminary, semination, seminiferous, seminiferous tubule, seminivorous

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How to use seminarian in a sentence

As a onetime banker and former Jesuit seminarian, I can help!
How Pope Francis’s Management Strategies Could Fix Wall Street|Chris Lowney|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a young seminarian, he studied in Washington, D.C., and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
Donald Wuerl: America’s Candidate for Pope?|Christopher Dickey|March 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Indeed, Brown might mention that he had been a seminarian—and nearly became a priest.
Jerry Brown's Castro Trouble|A. L. Bardach|October 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Even to the seminarian in Plautus little satisfaction has been vouchsafed.
The Dramatic Values in Plautus|Wilton Wallace Blancke

Madame and Solange and our ex-seminarian knew all the words and the rest of us came in strong with "Venite, adoremus Dominum."
Modern Essays|John Macy
I am not a seminarian whom you are preparing to take the bands.
Luxury-Gluttony:|Eugne Sue
The coachman, with the whip around his neck, and a young man who looked a bit like a seminarian, began to chat and smoke.
Csar or Nothing|Po Baroja Baroja
Systematic Theology has its difficulties to the seminarian, but more for him who attempts to master it alone.
The Lumberjack Sky Pilot|Thomas D. Whittles

British Dictionary definitions for seminarian

seminarian

/ (ˌsɛmɪˈnɛərɪən) /

noun

a student at a seminary

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