seminary

[ sem-uh-ner-ee ]
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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.

  1. a school of secondary or higher level for young women.

  2. a place of origin and propagation: a seminary of discontent.

Origin of seminary

1
1400–50; late Middle English: seed plot, nursery <Latin sēminārium, equivalent to sēmin- (stem of sēmen) seed, semen + -ārium-ary

Other words from seminary

  • sem·i·nar·i·al, adjective
  • pre·sem·i·nar·y, adjective, noun, plural pre·sem·i·nar·ies.

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British Dictionary definitions for seminary

seminary

/ (ˈsɛmɪnərɪ) /


nounplural -naries
  1. an academy for the training of priests, rabbis, etc

  2. US another word for seminar (def. 1)

  1. a place where something is grown

Origin of seminary

1
C15: from Latin sēminārium a nursery garden, from sēmen seed

Derived forms of seminary

  • seminarial, adjective

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