Definition of seminary. Meaning of seminary. Synonyms of seminary

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Definition of seminary

Seminary
Seminary Sem"i*na*ry, a. [L. seminarius.] Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]
Seminary
Seminary Sem"i*na*ry, n.; pl. Seminaries. [L. seminarium, fr. seminarius belonging to seed, fr. semon, seminis, seed. See Seminal.] 1. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat. [Obs.] --Mortimer. 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. [Obs.] --Woodward. 3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university. 4. Seminal state. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] --Harvey. 6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
seminary
Seminar Sem`i*nar", n. [G. See Seminary, n.] A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; -- called also seminary.

Meaning of seminary from wikipedia

- A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians)...
- The Royal Seminary, fully the Royal Advanced Female Teachers' Seminary (Swedish: Kungliga Högre Lärarinneseminariet, abbreviated KHLS), was a normal school...
- Monticello Seminary (also Monticello Female Seminary), founded in 1835, was an American seminary, junior college and academy in Godfrey, Illinois. The...
- Seminary is a town in Covington County, Mississippi, United States. The po****tion was 314 at the 2010 census. Okatoma Cr****, part of the Pascagoula River...
- Westminster Seminary may refer to: Westminster Theological Seminary, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Westminster Seminary California, in Escondido, California...
- Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary (formerly St. John's Seminary and College, abbreviated as POJOSS) is a Catholic all-boys boarding school...
- London Seminary (formerly London Theological Seminary) is an evangelical vocational training college located in Finchley, London, England. London Theological...
- Seminary is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, in the United States. The community was previously known as Turkey Cove. During the American...
- Lane Seminary, sometimes called Cincinnati Lane Seminary, and later renamed Lane Theological Seminary, was a Presbyterian theological college that operated...
- The Halki seminary, formally the Theological School of Halki (Gr****: Θεολογική Σχολή Χάλκης and Turkish: Ortodoks Ruhban Okulu), was founded on 1 October...