seminary

[ sem-uh-ner-ee ]
/ ˈsɛm əˌnɛr i /
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noun, plural sem·i·nar·ies.

a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
a school, especially one of higher grade.
a school of secondary or higher level for young women.
seminar(def 1).
a place of origin and propagation: a seminary of discontent.

Origin of seminary

1400–50; late Middle English: seed plot, nursery < Latin sēminārium, equivalent to sēmin- (stem of sēmen) seed, semen + -ārium -ary

OTHER WORDS FROM seminary

sem·i·nar·i·al, adjective pre·sem·i·nar·y, adjective, noun, plural pre·sem·i·nar·ies.

Words nearby seminary

seminal lake, seminal principle, seminal vesicle, seminar, seminarian, seminary, semination, seminiferous, seminiferous epithelium, seminiferous tubule, seminiferous tubule dysgenesis

Words related to seminary

institute, academy, university, hall, jail, faculty, department, institution, foundation, school, business, system, society, clinic, hospital, establishment, company, association, division, room

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British Dictionary definitions for seminary

seminary
/ (ˈsɛmɪnərɪ) /

noun plural -naries

an academy for the training of priests, rabbis, etc
US another word for seminar (def. 1)
a place where something is grown

Derived forms of seminary

seminarial, adjective

Word Origin for seminary

C15: from Latin sēminārium a nursery garden, from sēmen seed