Definition of seminary. Meaning of seminary. Synonyms of seminary

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Definition of seminary

Seminary
Seminary Sem"i*na*ry, a. [L. seminarius.] Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]
Seminary
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
Seminar Sem`i*nar", n. [G. See Seminary, n.] A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; -- called also seminary.

Meaning of seminary from wikipedia

- A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians)...
- The Qom Seminary (Persian: حوزه علمیه قم) is the largest Islamic seminary (hawza) in Iran, established in 1922 by Grand Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi...
- Westminster Seminary may refer to: Westminster Theological Seminary, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Westminster Seminary California, in Escondido, California...
- Jewish seminary is a Jewish educational institution. See Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Reform), Jewish Theological Seminary (Conservative)...
- Central Baptist Theological Seminary, also known as Central Seminary, is a seminary Shawnee, Kansas, affiliated with American Baptist Churches USA and...
- Princeton Theological Seminary (PTSem), officially The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, is a private school of theology in Princeton,...
- A female seminary is a private educational institution for women, po****r especially in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries...
- 1562435; 7.2042985 The International Seminary of Saint Pius X in Écône, Valais, Switzerland, is the premier seminary of the Roman Catholic traditionalist...
- Friends Seminary is an independent K-12 school in Manhattan within the landmarked district in the East Village. The oldest continuously coeducational school...
- Gateway Seminary ("GS") is a Baptist theological institute based in Ontario, California with campus in Fremont, California, Phoenix, Arizona, Vancouver...