Main Entry: sem·i·nary

Pronunciation: \ˈse-mə-ˌner-ē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural sem·i·nar·ies

Etymology: Middle English, seedbed, nursery, from Latin seminarium, from semin-, semen seed

Date: 1542

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