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What is another word for seminarians?

Pronunciation: [sˌɛmɪnˈe͡əɹi͡ənz] (IPA)

Seminarians are individuals who are studying to become religious leaders. Synonyms for "seminarians" could include "divinity students," "theology scholars," "religious candidates," "clergy trainees," "pastoral aspirants," or simply "future priests or pastors." These terms can be used interchangeably to refer to individuals who are undergoing academic and spiritual training to serve their respective faith communities. Regardless of the terminology used, seminarians are called to deepen their understanding and practice of their faith, and to prepare themselves to lead and serve their communities in a meaningful and impactful way.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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But within there was just one packed army, going eight abreast, of seminarians and clerics.
"Dawn of All"
Robert Hugh Benson
The great stairway in that square was shining, wet with the rain; a few seminarians in groups were going up the steps toward the Pincio.
"Cæsar or Nothing"
Pío Baroja Baroja
A band of black seminarians passed.
"Cæsar or Nothing"
Pío Baroja Baroja

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  • One of the most amazing and perplexing features of mainstream Christianity is that seminarians who learn the historical-critical method in their Bible classes appear to forget all about it when it comes time for them to be pastors. They are taught critical approaches to Scripture, they learn about the discrepancies and contradictions, they discover all sorts of historical errors and mistakes, they come to realize that it is difficult to know whether Moses existed or what Jesus actually said and did, they find that there are other books that were at one time considered canonical but that ultimately did not become part of Scripture (for example, other Gospels and Apocalypses), they come to recognize that a good number of the books of the Bible are pseudonymous (for example, written in the name of an apostle by someone else), that in fact we don't have the original copies of any of the biblical books but only copies made centuries later, all of which have been altered. They learn all this, and yet when they enter church ministry they appear to put it back on the shelf.
    Bart D. Ehrman

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