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

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