seminary

6 definitions found

seminary - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, a. [L. seminarius.]
     Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]
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  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.; -- formerly called also seminary, now
     seldom used in this sense.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] Seminarian

  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.
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              But if you draw them [seedling] only for the
              thinning of your seminary, prick them into some
              empty beds.                           --Evelyn.
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     2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is
        brought or produced. [Obs.] --Woodward.
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     3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an
        academy, college, or university.
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     4. Seminal state. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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     5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] --Harvey.
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     6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a
        seminarist. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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seminary - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  seminary
      n 1: a private place of education for the young
      2: a theological school for training ministers or priests or
         rabbis

seminary - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Seminary, MS (town, FIPS 66400)
    Location: 31.55920 N, 89.49531 W
    Population (1990): 231 (126 housing units)
    Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 39479

seminary - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "seminary":
     Bible institute, Gymnasium, Hebrew school, Latin school,
     Realgymnasium, Realschule, Sabbath school, Schule, Sunday school,
     Talmud Torah, academy, church school, college, convent school,
     denominational school, ecole, educational institution, escuela,
     grammar school, high, high school, institute, institution,
     intermediate school, junior high, junior high school, mesivta,
     middle school, parish school, parochial school, prep school,
     preparatory school, public school, scholastic institution, school,
     secondary school, senior high, senior high school,
     teaching institution, university, yeshiva