seminary
a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
a school, especially one of higher grade.
a school of secondary or higher level for young women.
a place of origin and propagation: a seminary of discontent.
Origin of seminary
1Other words from seminary
- sem·i·nar·i·al, adjective
- pre·sem·i·nar·y, adjective, noun, plural pre·sem·i·nar·ies.
Words Nearby seminary
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use seminary in a sentence
Musically gifted as a singer and violinist, Scott attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where she met King, who was a seminary student nearby at Boston University.
The public has underestimated the radicalism of Martin Luther King Jr.’s early work | Victoria Wolcott | January 17, 2022 | Washington PostIn 2007, she was rejected by a seminary because she came out in her application.
Meet Rev. Bos, first out lesbian Evangelical Lutheran bishop | Kathi Wolfe | August 11, 2021 | Washington BladeAs the conflict intensified, Derkach left his advisory role in the Orthodox Church and stopped teaching at the seminary.
Exclusive: How an Accused Russian Agent Worked With Rudy Giuliani in a Plot Against the 2020 Election | Simon Shuster/Kyiv | May 28, 2021 | TImeAfter seminary in the Midwest, he was sent to Cambridge to preach in Swedish to a largely immigrant flock.
Smallpox ‘virus squads’ and the mandatory vaccinations upheld by the Supreme Court | Gillian Brockell | April 1, 2021 | Washington PostAt the time, Waldman was a teacher at the all-girls Beth Jacobs Teachers seminary in Brooklyn.
He holds a Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological seminary and a Master of Theology from Emory University.
Conservative Christians Selectively Apply Biblical Teachings in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate | Kirsten Powers, Jonathan Merritt | February 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe pope who had endured the Nazi horror in a Polish seminary took special note of “sufferings inflicted upon Jews.”
How the Catholic Church Got in Bed with Mussolini | Jason Berry | February 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBetter that I leave the seminary than stay and become a sourpuss.
A Catholic Ex-Banker on Pope Francis’s Radical Views | Chris Lowney | December 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI came here to be immersed in a beautiful Rabbinical-seminary town, around inspiring people with beautiful values.
He was one of the founders of Andover theological seminary, and contributed altogether about $125,000 to that institution.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThen he returned to his province, entered the seminary, and became a sub-deacon of the diocese of Nueva Segovia.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanSouth of this is the Lutheran Theological seminary, beautifully situated, in front of a shady grove of oaks.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.It was five minutes past one when the signal-gun for the opening of the battle was given by the Rebels on seminary Hill.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.Both had been seminary pupils prior to Mr. Carruths death, but expenses had to be curtailed at once.
Three Little Women | Gabrielle E. Jackson
British Dictionary definitions for seminary
/ (ˈsɛmɪnərɪ) /
an academy for the training of priests, rabbis, etc
US another word for seminar (def. 1)
a place where something is grown
Origin of seminary
1Derived forms of seminary
- seminarial, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse