seminarian
noun
sem·i·nar·i·an
ˌse-mə-ˈner-ē-ən 
: a student in a seminary especially of the Roman Catholic Church
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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.
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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
He is also formed by his studies at Catholic Theological Union, a seminary for priests from religious communities conceived in a new mode after Vatican II; one that did not isolate seminarians from the realities of the world in some far-off bucolic location.
—Mark R. Francis, Time, 10 May 2025
Image Africa produces the highest number of seminarians in the world.
—Elian Peltier, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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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
He is also formed by his studies at Catholic Theological Union, a seminary for priests from religious communities conceived in a new mode after Vatican II; one that did not isolate seminarians from the realities of the world in some far-off bucolic location.
—Mark R. Francis, Time, 10 May 2025
Image Africa produces the highest number of seminarians in the world.
—Elian Peltier, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Seminarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seminarian. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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seminarian
noun
sem·i·nar·i·an
ˌsem-ə-ˈner-ē-ən
: a student in a seminary
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