† ˈseminant Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. sēminant-em, pres. pple. of sēmināre to sow.]
A sower of seed; applied allusively to a seminary priest: cf. seedman and seminary a. 2 and n.2 2.
| c 1588 Segar Blazon of Papists C 3, A Papist Seminant. Ioyn'd with the rest of this pernicious broode, Are Seminants calde Iesuistes of some. |