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sem⋅i⋅nar⋅y

  [sem-uh-ner-ee]
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–noun, plural -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, esp. 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.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME: seed plot, nursery < L sēminārium, equiv. to sēmin- (s. of sēmen) seed, semen + -ārium -ary

Related forms:
sem⋅i⋅nar⋅i⋅al, adjective
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sem·i·nar·y   (sěm'ə-něr'ē)   
n.   pl. sem·i·nar·ies
    1. A school, especially a theological school for the training of priests, ministers, or rabbis.
    2. A school of higher education, especially a private school for girls.
  2. A place or environment in which something is developed or nurtured.

[Middle English, seed plot, from Latin sēminārium, from sēminārius, of seed, from sēmen, sēmin-, seed; see sē- in Indo-European roots.]
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Seminary

Sem"i*na*ry\, n.; pl. Seminaries. [L. seminarium, fr. seminarius belonging to seed, fr. semon, seminis, seed. See Seminal.]

1. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat. [Obs.] --Mortimer.

But if you draw them [seedling] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds. --Evelyn.

2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. [Obs.] --Woodward.

3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.

4. Seminal state. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] --Harvey.

6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

Seminary

Sem"i*na*ry\, a. [L. seminarius.] Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]
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Language Translation for : Seminary
Spanish: seminario,
German: das Priesterseminar,
Japanese: 神学校
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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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