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seminary

[sem-uh-ner-ee]

noun

plural

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, especially one of higher grade.

  3. a school of secondary or higher level for young women.

  4. seminar.

  5. a place of origin and propagation.

    a seminary of discontent.



seminary

/ ˈɛɪəɪ /

noun

  1. an academy for the training of priests, rabbis, etc

  2. another word for seminar

  3. a place where something is grown

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • seminarial adjective
  • preseminary adjective
  • ˌ𳾾ˈԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of seminary1

1400–50; late Middle English: seed plot, nursery < Latin ŧܳ, equivalent to ŧ- (stem of ŧ ) seed, semen + -ary
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of seminary1

C15: from Latin ŧܳ a nursery garden, from ŧ seed
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He spent 10 years as a local parish pastor and as a teacher at a seminary in Trujillo in northwestern Peru.

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The seminary has long been associated with the Taliban since several of its members, including the group's founder Mullah Omar, trained there.

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Gallant was also unhappy at plans to continue to allow Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students to be exempt from serving in the military.

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He studied at a Jesuit seminary before heading to Johns Hopkins University to pursue a degree in medieval French.

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The Israeli Supreme Court ruled in June that the state must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students into the army.

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ˌ𳾾ˈԲsemination