seminary
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əˌnɛr noun, plural sem·i·nar·ies.
1.
a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
2.
a school, especially one of higher grade.
3.
a school of secondary or higher level for young women.
4.
seminar ( def 1 ).
5.
a place of origin and propagation: a seminary of discontent.
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| —n , pl -naries | |
| 1. | an academy for the training of priests, rabbis, etc |
| 2. | (US) another word for seminar |
| 3. | a place where something is grown |
| [C15: from Latin sēminārium a nursery garden, from sēmen seed] | |
| semi'narial | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
seminary
c.1440, "plot where plants are raised from seeds," from L. seminarium "plant nursery," figuratively, "breeding ground," from seminarius "of seed," from semen (gen. seminis) "seed" (see semen). Meaning "school for training priests" first recorded 1581; commonly used for any
school (especially academies for young ladies) from 1585 to 1930s. Seminarian "seminary student" is attested from 1584.
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Example sentences
The reason why they work is they need to support their large families, while the husbands go to seminary.
Throw a little seminary training on top and you have a decent measure of the guy-complicated, interested, clever and unbounded.
We both were interested in theology, maybe even in seminary.
And, equally important, this represents a change in seminary training from previous decades.
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