How to Use seminarian in a Sentence
seminarian
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One of the four new seminarians - Matthew Gomez, 27, was born right here in Hialeah.
—Bea L. Hines, miamiherald, 14 May 2018
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One of the men was a seminarian at the time, and the others were young clergymen.
—Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2018
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And the Gowanus Dredgers canoe club — the folks who took the seminarians out paddling — want more put-in spots.
—Andy Newman, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
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The witness is a seminarian with the Chaldean Catholic Church.
—Greg Moran, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Oct. 2017
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The table full of seminarians who were downing pints in a local Irish pub Thursday night must have been thrilled.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 Jan. 2018
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Eight seminarians carried the casket into the chapel, and the group followed to begin the vigil.
—Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 21 Mar. 2018
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The seminarian said the diocese later paid for his schooling and gave him a free vehicle.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2019
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The seminarians were visited overnight by the royal trio, leaving new soccer balls for them.
—Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Jan. 2018
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Among those who have called for Malone’s resignation is the former dean of seminarians at the diocese’s Christ the King Seminary.
—Fortune, 4 Dec. 2019
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The unidentified seminarian in Tennessee was not Saldana, a priest who worked in Texas.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 4 June 2021
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No seminarian studying canon law can cite case studies in preparing his thesis about how the Catholic Church has responded to the abuse scandal.
—Nicole Winfield, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Dec. 2019
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McCarrick said as young Haitian seminarians were shown milling about.
—Nicole Winfield, The Seattle Times, 28 Aug. 2018
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News of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's abuse of seminarians drove it even closer to home for future priests.
—Matt Sedensky, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2020
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As rector in the 1970s he was known for his prayerfulness, insightful and practical wisdom and genuine love for the seminarians.
—Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2019
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Ari joined the group as an intern in 1998 and went from answering phones to performing, much like Ron, who was a Catholic seminarian and National Guardsman before starting in the group’s office.
—David Gordon, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
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Just the other day, a Nigerian seminarian was burned alive as his rectory was attacked.
—Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 18 Sep. 2023
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Timothy Benson plays a young seminarian who comes to study with the priest and calls him out on his sloppy passionless theology.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2020
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Earlier this month, members of a militant Hindu group allegedly beat up a group of Catholic seminarians and priests in Madhya Pradesh state.
—Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2017
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Working with Coughlin are seminarians who are members of his mission group.
—Ken Byron, courant.com, 25 Aug. 2017
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Satin, who was raised in a family deeply rooted in Catholicism and even spent some time as a teenage seminarian, was determined to silence her identity struggles.
—Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2020
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Their home became a hip gathering spot for graduate students, and Hester was grooming young seminarians such as King and Haynes.
—Meghan E. Irons, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2018
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Along with other seminarians, Kerr helped run a summer arts and recreation program for Overtown children.
—Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 13 June 2017
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Two years later, as a seminarian, he was drafted into the military, first assigned to an antiaircraft unit and later to the infantry.
—Rachel Donadio, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
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The higher-end accommodation subsidises the scrimp-and-save seminarians bunking down on the meeting-room floors.
—The Economist, 29 Nov. 2019
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Another tape included a comment about the figure of a teenage girl and another criticized female seminarians who don’t work hard enough to look good.
—Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post, 22 May 2018
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The archdiocese of New Jersey settled with two alleged adult victims, who were both seminarians under his tutelage.
—Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 29 July 2018
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The Mass of Installation followed a procession of hundreds of cardinals, bishops, priests, deacons and seminarians to the city’s cathedral church.
—USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2020
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For starters, trade the official tour of St. Peter's Basilica for a free one with English-speaking seminarians for a more intimate, insider's take.
—Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2018
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On its own, the tale is sick and tawdry and sadly familiar: A priest who molests boys becomes a bishop who takes advantage of seminarians and who then goes on to be awarded a cardinal’s hat by a hierarchy looking the other way.
—William McGurn, WSJ, 30 July 2018
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One of the former altar boys says he was repeatedly molested by an older seminarian while living there.
—Star Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
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