1
as in school
a place or establishment for teaching and learning
a seminary exclusively for women
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
2
as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something
some claimed that orphanages were seminaries of sin and petty crime, turning out juvenile delinquents by the score
Synonyms & Similar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of seminary
All attended seminary together at University of San Diego.
—
Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
After attending Catholic elementary school, Jiménez applied to the Redemptorist seminary in Wisconsin, only to be rejected after getting in trouble in school for throwing eggs at a bus on which the pastor was riding.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
The second chapter is about a group of Azharite Muslims—intellectuals associated with the Al-Azhar seminary in Cairo—who traveled to the country to gain converts.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Yeshivat Maharat, the first Orthodox seminary to ordain women as rabbis, is in New York.
—Michal Raucher, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for seminary
Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
After attending Catholic elementary school, Jiménez applied to the Redemptorist seminary in Wisconsin, only to be rejected after getting in trouble in school for throwing eggs at a bus on which the pastor was riding.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
The second chapter is about a group of Azharite Muslims—intellectuals associated with the Al-Azhar seminary in Cairo—who traveled to the country to gain converts.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Yeshivat Maharat, the first Orthodox seminary to ordain women as rabbis, is in New York.
—Michal Raucher, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for seminary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seminary
Noun
-
Beyond the two professional development days, options will include adding time to each school day, taking a spring break day or adding days at the end of the year.—
Anne Li,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
-
The district pivoted and opted instead to pilot the course starting this school year, including it in ninth grade English or Honors English.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
About 80 warming centers were opened across the state, known as one of the nation's poorest.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
-
On the company’s earnings call, analysts asked CEO Tim Cook several questions about Apple’s access to memory components, which have seen their prices skyrocket due to demand related to chips necessary for artificial intelligence data centers.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
By contrast, the warmer, shallower coastal lagoons of Baja California provide relatively predator-free nursery grounds for their newborn calves.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
-
These days the top of the crossing is busy with workers planting hundreds of native plants grown from seed at the project’s nursery nearby.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
My parents are retired and enjoying the empty-nest stage of life.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
-
Nesting is also a communal activity of the acorn woodpecker, beginning in April when nest holes are drilled into large trees, generally near a granary tree.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
Some of Thursday’s decline was related to Wall Street not being happy with how much the company was spending on investments for the future (capital expenditures), and the cloud business Azure may not have done as well as some hoped.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
-
However, some oil executives have expressed discomfort with the idea of sending capital into Venezuela.—
Moriah Thomas,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
The Lane Bryant store is now gone, the shopping center on the far west side of Tinley Park has blossomed and life in the southwest suburb now known as an entertainment mecca goes on.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
-
The Bay Area is a mecca for social dancing, from salsa to line dancing to modern ballroom, said Richard Powers, a choreographer and dance historian who teaches social dance classes at Stanford University.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Seminary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seminary. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
