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[ sem-uh-ner-ee ] / ˈsɛm əˌnɛr i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR seminary ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural sem·i·nar·ies.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. seminar (def. 1). a place of origin and propagation: a seminary of discontent. Origin of seminary1400–50; late Middle English: seed plot, nursery <Latin sēminārium, equivalent to sēmin- (stem of sēmen) seed, semen + -ārium-ary OTHER WORDS FROM seminarysem·i·nar·i·al, adjectivepre·sem·i·nar·y, adjective, noun, plural pre·sem·i·nar·ies.Words nearby seminaryseminal lake, seminal principle, seminal vesicle, seminar, seminarian, seminary, semination, seminiferous, seminiferous epithelium, seminiferous tubule, seminiferous tubule dysgenesis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for seminaryBetter 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|DAILY BEAST If he had known his family tree, his parents could have said, ‘You’re going to seminary. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reveals Rick Warren’s Slave-Holding Ancestors|Matthew DeLuca|April 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST Zaytuna began as a modest Islamic seminary nestled in the mellow suburbs of Hayward, California, in 1996. The Next Muslim Controversy|Reza Aslan|August 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST A former Goldman partner, a minister, and seminary president have a biblically ambitious plan to help the company do just that. Can Goldman Find God?|Jacki Zehner, Katharine Rhodes Henderson|November 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST
A former Goldman partner, a minister, and seminary president have an biblically ambitious plan to help the company do just that. Can Goldman Find God?|Jacki Zehner, Katharine Rhodes Henderson|November 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST From my pit I could look back and see the cupola of the Seminary--could see through the cupola from one window to the other. Who Goes There?|Blackwood Ketcham Benson The present pastors are graduates of both college and seminary. The Church on the Changing Frontier|Helen O. Belknap To the east of the monastery is a modern college and seminary. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10|Various I suppose this ogre of a seminary will shut you up to-night; but where shall I see you to-morrow, and how early? Alice Wilde: The Raftman's Daughter|Metta V. Victor In the last two years (in which the ages of the girls are 16 to 18 years) the curriculum is that of a seminary for women teachers. The Modern Woman's Rights Movement|Kaethe Schirmacher
British Dictionary definitions for seminary
noun plural -nariesan academy for the training of priests, rabbis, etc US another word for seminar (def. 1) a place where something is grown Derived forms of seminaryseminarial, adjectiveWord Origin for seminaryC15: from Latin sēminārium a nursery garden, from sēmen seed 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 Words related to seminaryinstitute, secondary school, boarding school, prep school, academy, university, hall, jail, faculty, department, institution, foundation, school, business, system, society, clinic, hospital, establishment, company |