About The Word Seminary
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Seminary
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What's The Definition Of Seminary?
[n] a private place of education for the young
[n] a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis Synonyms | Synonyms for Seminary: Related Terms | Find terms related to Seminary: See Also | private school | school Seminary In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Sem"i*na*ry\, a. [L. seminarius.] Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.] |
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