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seminary

6 ENTRIES FOUND:

sem·i·nary

noun \ˈse-mə-ˌner-ē\
plural sem·i·nar·ies

Definition of SEMINARY

1
: an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated <a seminary of vice and crime>
2
a : an institution of secondary or higher education b : an institution for the training of candidates for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate

Examples of SEMINARY

  1. <a seminary exclusively for women>
  2. <some claimed that orphanages were seminaries of sin and petty crime, turning out juvenile delinquents by the score>

Origin of SEMINARY

Middle English, seedbed, nursery, from Latin seminarium, from semin-, semen seed
First Known Use: 1542

Rhymes with SEMINARY

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