seminarian
pronunciation
How to pronounce seminarian in British English: UK [ˌsemɪˈneəriən]
How to pronounce seminarian in American English: US [ˌsemɪˈneriən]
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- Noun:
- a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary)
Word Origin
- seminarian (n.)
- "seminary student," 1580s, from seminary + -ian.
Example
- 1. We mean a journey of faith in which a seminarian experiences a joyous response to god 's call through the process of discernment , human and spiritual development .
- 2. A friend , j. pius barbour , remembered the young seminarian arguing on behalf of gandhian methods with a reckoning based on arithmetic-that any minority would be outnumbered if it turned to a policy of violence-rather than on principle .