seminary
noun /ˈsemɪnəri/
/ˈsemɪneri/
(plural seminaries)
- a college where priests, ministers or rabbis are trained
- He went to the Northern Catholic Seminary to train for the ministry.
- They spent six years in a seminary.
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a seed plot): from Latin seminarium ‘seed plot’, neuter of seminarius ‘of seed’, from semen ‘seed’.