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seminary /ˈsɛmɪn(ə)ri /noun (plural seminaries)A training college for priests or rabbis.I am very grateful for the many times not only seminary colleagues but also seminary students have ministered to me in times of terror or grief....- The balance of clarity and detail makes this commentary useful for students of Paul in seminary and college courses.
- If seminaries are preparing students for professional ministry, this should be the focus of classes - not how-to-study sessions.
Synonyms theological college, rabbinical college, Talmudical college, academy, training college, training institute, school, high school, conservatory Derivativesseminarian /sɛmɪˈnɛːrɪən / noun ...- Though the study attends to lay students enrolled in theologates, its main focus is seminarians preparing for the priesthood.
- Many, perhaps most, seminarians who believe they are being called to priesthood do not have a charism for celibacy - a graced aptitude for consecrated single life.
- Many priests and seminarians have always done this, and I hope this gives them the courage to know why and how they are both ‘sons and heirs’ of a true wisdom tradition.
seminarist /ˈsɛmɪn(ə)rɪst/ noun ...- While the ascetic regime of an Italian seminarist in the late nineteenth century was of course alien - and sometimes alienating - I was impressed by his devotion and sincerity.
- The decline in vocations, which began under Pius XII, has not been reversed and there is now one seminarist for every twelve priests.
- He introduced a bill to reduce military service from five years to three but to close the loopholes by which seminarists, students, and the rich could obtain exemption.
OriginLate Middle English (denoting a seed plot): from Latin seminarium 'seed plot', neuter of seminarius 'of seed', from semen 'seed'. |