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seminary.

A theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɛmənɛɹi/US/ˈsɛmɪnəɹi/UK/ˈsɛmɪnɹi/UK
  1. A theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.

  2. A private residential school for girls.

  3. A class of religious education for youths ages 14–18 that accompanies normal secular education.

    Mormonism
  4. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation.

  5. The place or original stock from which anything is brought or produced.

    broadly
  6. Seminal state or polity.

    obsolete
  7. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.

  8. An academic seminar.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminar. In the ground sense, from Middle English semynair, semynary.

adj/ˈsɛmənɛɹi/US/ˈsɛmɪnəɹi/UK/ˈsɛmɪnɹi/UK
  1. Of or relating to seed; seminal.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminar. In the ground sense, from Middle English semynair, semynary.

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