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Definition of Seminarian
1. Noun. A student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary).
Category relationships: Church Of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church
Generic synonyms: Educatee, Pupil, Student
Derivative terms: Seminary, Seminary
Definition of Seminarian
1. n. A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary.
Definition of Seminarian
1. Noun. Someone who studies at a seminary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seminarian
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seminarian
| seminar seminarian (current term) seminarians seminaries seminarist seminarists seminarlike seminarrative seminars seminated | seminates semination seminationalized seminations |
Literary usage of Seminarian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health (1887)
"... From a seminarian.—In a pleasant letter written by a student of Drew Theological
Seminary, Madison NJ, to •one of our assistants he says : "I seize this ..."
2. Life of John N. Neumann: , of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer by Johann Berger (1884)
"LET us now speak of the interior life which Neumann led as a seminarian.
His fellow-students have recorded many beautiful traits of his piety. ..."
3. Modern Essays by Christopher Morley (1921)
"Instead, the ex-seminarian (he is only temporarily an ex-seminarian; he'll IK
preaching missions and giving retreats yet if a bit of shrapnel doesn't hasten ..."
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