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sem⋅i⋅nar⋅y

[sem-uh-ner-ee]
–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


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.

  1. 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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