神学生
解説 Definition
seminarians は、聖職者になるために神学校で学ぶ学生を指す seminarian の複数形です。主にキリスト教、特にローマ・カトリックの文脈で使われます。
Seminarians are students who are studying in a seminary to become priests or other religious leaders. The word is mainly used in Christian contexts, especially in the Roman Catholic tradition. It refers to people in formal religious training.
使い方 Usage
- study theology「神学を学ぶ」、train for the priesthood「司祭になるための訓練を受ける」などの表現と結び付きます。 Typical contexts include studying theology and training for the priesthood.
使い分け Common distinctions
- seminarian は神学校の学生を指します。形が似ている seminar「ゼミ・講習会」の参加者には使いません。 A seminarian is a student at a seminary. Despite the similar spelling, it does not mean a participant in a seminar.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
seminary「神学校」に通う人が seminarian、複数なら seminarians。神学校で学ぶ学生たちの姿と結び付けましょう。
Link seminary with seminarian, a student there, and seminarians, the plural. Picture a group of students training at a seminary.
例文
The seminarians studied theology and church history at the seminary.
神学生たちは神学校で神学と教会史を勉強した。
Several seminarians were ordained as priests last year.
何人かの神学生は昨年司祭として叙階された。
seminarians の類義語・関連語
seminarians の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 seminarium（苗床、種まきの場）から。語根 semin- は semen（種）に由来し、seminary（神学校＝聖職者の種を育てる場）の学生を指す。seminar（ゼミ）も同根で、知識の種をまく場という比喩でつながる。
seminarians comes from seminary, which goes back to Latin seminarium, meaning "seed bed" or "place for planting." That word was built from semen, meaning "seed," a root also seen in seminar. The idea shifted from a place where seeds are grown to a place where future church leaders are trained, and seminarians are the people being formed there.
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