seminary

noun sem·i·nary \ ˈse-mə-ˌner-ē \

|Updated on: 16 Jul 2018

Examples: seminary in a Sentence

Definition of seminary

plural seminaries

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

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Examples of seminary in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of seminary from the Web

His education in various Central American seminaries had been wide, but intellectualism seemed, to him, a foreign thing.

— The Economist, "Obituary: Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo, the first cardinal from Central America," 23 June 2018
After some foot-shuffling at the seminary, Patterson was at last pushed out without retirement benefits in May. None of this disgrace has passed without notice among evangelicals.

— virginia heffernan, WIRED, "ChurchToo and Mike Pence’s Crisis of Faith," 21 June 2018
Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson has withdrawn from giving a prominent sermon at the denomination’s annual meeting next week, his chief of staff at Patterson’s former seminary said Friday on Twitter.

— sarah pulliam bailey, Washington Post, "Under fire, controversial Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson has pulled out of giving key sermon at upcoming convention," 8 June 2018
Prison ministers, graduates of Angola’s seminary, lead a prayer service.

— anna douglas, charlotteobserver, "The story behind Billy Graham’s casket and the prison inmates who made it | Charlotte Observer," 1 Mar. 2018
The new government also expelled most foreigners from China, decapitating the Catholic Church, which had relied on foreigners to run its schools, orphanages, seminaries and religious orders.

— ian johnson, New York Times, "10 Million Catholics in China Face Storm They Can’t Control," 14 Feb. 2018
Fran Maloka, who now lives in North Carolina, knew McMullin and his wife from Lexington seminary.

— bob goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, "David McMullin, pastor who championed integration and became housing official, dies at 88," 29 June 2018
The documentary talks about Rogers’ early life in the seminary studying to be a minister and his strong Republican beliefs.

— philip potempa, Post-Tribune, "Mr. Rogers still a trusted name and neighbor to Northwest Indiana public TV," 27 June 2018
By the mid-1990s the seminaries and state conventions were largely purged of moderates and liberals.

— author: michelle boorstein, sarah pulliam bailey, Anchorage Daily News, "How women led to the dramatic rise and fall of Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson," 11 June 2018

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