单词 | seminary |
释义 | seminary —seminarial, adj. /sem"euh ner'ee/, n. , pl. seminaries. 1. a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate. 2. a school, esp. one of higher grade. 3. a school of secondary or higher level for young women. 4. seminar (def. 1). 5. a place of origin and propagation: a seminary of discontent. [1400-50; late ME: seed plot, nursery < L seminarium, equiv. to semin- (s. of semen) seed, SEMEN + -arium -ARY] |
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