seminarian

noun

sem·​i·​nar·​i·​an ˌse-mə-ˈner-ē-ən 

: a student in a seminary especially of the Roman Catholic Church

Examples of seminarian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

District 18 Deputy Matt Stevens led the ceremony, and attendees learned about the five $500 scholarships given to eighth-grade students and two $500 grants given to two current seminarians studying for the priesthood, as well as other donations. —Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025

After the editorial appeared, on January 7, 1978, seminarians incensed by the slander of Khomeini staged large demonstrations in Qom. —Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025

Stockman, a former seminarian and congressman from Michigan, quickly assembled an executive budget blueprint that upended generations of assumptions about the federal government's role. —Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025

The number of new seminarians at Pontifical College has grown from 17, two-and-a-half years ago, to 40 this year. —Elaine Quijano, CBS News, 16 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1794, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for seminarian

• antiquarian
• libertarian
• millenarian
• nonsectarian
• proletarian
• sanitarian
• trinitarian
• unitarian
• vegetarian
• veterinarian
• agrarian
• aquarian

Kids Definition

seminarian

noun

sem·​i·​nar·​i·​an ˌsem-ə-ˈner-ē-ən 

: a student in a seminary