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sem·i·nar·y  (sm-nr)
n. pl. sem·i·nar·ies
1.
a. A school, especially a theological school for the training of priests, ministers, or rabbis.
b. A school of higher education, especially a private school for girls.
2. A place or environment in which something is developed or nurtured.

[Middle English, seed plot, from Latin sminrium, from sminrius, of seed, from smen, smin-, seed; see s- in Indo-European roots.]

seminary
Noun
pl -naries a college for the training of priests [Latin seminarium a nursery garden]
seminarian n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.seminaryseminary - a private place of education for the young
private school - a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition
2.seminary - a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis
religious school - a school run by a religious body
Translations

seminary [ˈsɛmɪnərɪ] n (REL) → seminario
seminary [ˈsɛmɪnərɪ] n (Rel) (for priests) → séminaire m
seminary [ˈsɛmɪnərɪ] n (Rel) → Priesterseminar nt
seminary [ˈsɛmɪnərɪ] n (REL) (for priests) → seminario

seminary
n seminary [ˈseminəri]
a training college for Roman Catholic priests. seminarium إكليريكيَّه، كُلِيَّه لاهوتِيَّه لِتَخْريج الكَهَنَه семинария seminář præsteseminarium das Priesterseminar ιερατική σχολή για καθολικούς seminario seminar آموزشگاه روحانيون مسيحي؛حوزه علميه pappisseminaari séminaire סֶמִינָר रोमन कैथोलिक पादरियों का प्रशिक्षण केन्द्र sjemenište papnevelde seminari prestaskóli seminario 神学校 (로마 카톨릭의) 신학교 seminarija garīgais seminārs seminari seminarium presteseminar seminarium seminário seminar семинария seminár seminar bogoslovija []seminarium โรงเรียนสอนธรรมะ Katolik ilâhiyat fakültesi 神學院 семінарія پادریوں کی تربیت گاہ trường dòng


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The palace of a chief minister is a seminary to breed up others in his own trade: the pages, lackeys, and porters, by imitating their master, become ministers of state in their several districts, and learn to excel in the three principal ingredients, of insolence, lying, and bribery.
After marching through a number of streets the patrol arrested five more Russian suspects: a small shopkeeper, two seminary students, a peasant, and a house serf, besides several looters.
And Simon Nishikanta tore himself away from his everlasting painting of all colour-delicacies of sea and sky such as are painted by seminary maidens, to be helped and hoisted up the ratlines of the mizzen rigging, the huge bulk of him, by two grinning, slim-waisted sailors, until they lashed him squarely on the crosstrees and left him to stare with eyes of golden desire, across the sun-washed sea through the finest pair of unredeemed binoculars that had ever been pledged in his pawnshops.
 
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