Seminary

Definition of Seminary

Sem´i`na`ry
n.1.A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat.
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.
3.A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.
4.Seminal state.
5.Fig.: A seed bed; a source.
6.A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.
a.1.Belonging to seed; seminal.

Related Words

Bible institute, Gymnasium, Hebrew school, Latin school, Realgymnasium, Realschule, Sabbath school, Schule, Sunday school, Talmud Torah, academy, church school, college, convent school, denominational school, ecole, educational institution, escuela, grammar school, high, high school, institute, institution, intermediate school, junior high, junior high school, mesivta, middle school, parish school, parochial school, prep school, preparatory school, public school, scholastic institution, school, secondary school, senior high, senior high school, teaching institution, university, yeshiva
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