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seminarian

noun sem·i·nar·i·an \ˌse-mə-ˈner-ē-ən\

: someone who is studying at a seminary

Full Definition of SEMINARIAN

:  a student in a seminary especially of the Roman Catholic Church
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First Known Use of SEMINARIAN

1794

Rhymes with SEMINARIAN

antiquarian, centenarian, Indo-Aryan, libertarian, millenarian, nonsectarian, postlapsarian, prelapsarian, Presbyterian, proletarian, Rastafarian, Sabbatarian, Sagittarian, trinitarian, vegetarian

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2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. seminarian
  2. seminarist
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