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as in schools
a place or establishment for teaching and learning
a seminary exclusively for women
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as in centers
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
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Recent Examples of seminaries
Orthodox schools, a figure that does not include haredi Orthodox teenagers studying in yeshivot and seminaries not included in government data.
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Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
Taylor grew up evangelical and got a master’s from Fuller Theological Seminary, at the time one of the country’s most prominent evangelical seminaries.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Most of them reside and run seminaries in the holy cities of Qom in Iran and Najaf in Iraq.
—Eric Lob, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
For a clerical establishment that cared above all about its courts, seminaries, and endowments, this was alarming.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
Arafi serves on both the Guardian Council and the Assembly of Experts and has spent years overseeing Iran's influential network of seminaries in Qom.
—Imtiaz Tyab, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
At the heart of the unrest is a long-standing exemption that allows ultra-Orthodox men who study full-time in religious seminaries to avoid military service — a policy that many Israelis view as deeply unfair.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Before the ban, police in Punjab raided the house of the TLP's leader, Saad Rizvi, and the government sealed mosques and seminaries associated with the party.
—NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
At the same time, neo-traditionalist Catholic groups—with their own parishes and seminaries—will continue on a different course from the rest of the church.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018
Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
Taylor grew up evangelical and got a master’s from Fuller Theological Seminary, at the time one of the country’s most prominent evangelical seminaries.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Most of them reside and run seminaries in the holy cities of Qom in Iran and Najaf in Iraq.
—Eric Lob, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
For a clerical establishment that cared above all about its courts, seminaries, and endowments, this was alarming.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
Arafi serves on both the Guardian Council and the Assembly of Experts and has spent years overseeing Iran's influential network of seminaries in Qom.
—Imtiaz Tyab, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
At the heart of the unrest is a long-standing exemption that allows ultra-Orthodox men who study full-time in religious seminaries to avoid military service — a policy that many Israelis view as deeply unfair.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Before the ban, police in Punjab raided the house of the TLP's leader, Saad Rizvi, and the government sealed mosques and seminaries associated with the party.
—NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
At the same time, neo-traditionalist Catholic groups—with their own parishes and seminaries—will continue on a different course from the rest of the church.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seminaries
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This would be the only visible clue schools would have of anything amiss in Agan’s work history.—
Holly McDede,
ProPublica,
12 May 2026
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Soon, not only was business a subject for scientific management, in the eyes of progressive elites, but so were schools and even churches and, naturally, cities and nations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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That fear, in 2026, centers on how rapid information exchange and artificial intelligence are reshaping human thought into something collective and homogenized.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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The late Pope Francis famously stayed away from the big European centers of Christianity during his 12-year pontificate, preferring instead to visit small Catholic communities far from Rome.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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If that's your plan for your landscape, look no further than tropicals -- and right now nurseries and garden centers have plenty of options.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 May 2026
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Types of Watermelons to Grow from Seed Growing watermelons from seed is the only way to get your hands on difficult-to-find varieties that aren’t sold in nurseries.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 May 2026
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These vessels have been notorious hotbeds for the spread of other infectious diseases, such as COVID-19 and norovirus.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
5 May 2026
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Sonja Shaw Shaw is the Chino Valley Unified School District board president and a Republican activist who emerged as a major player in the COVID-era parental rights movement as conservative families grew concerned that public schools were becoming hotbeds of leftist indoctrination.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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The ants can also be pests by creating bare patches around their nests.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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During this time of year, egg-bearing females travel across land, often crossing roads, in search of suitable locations to dig nests and lay eggs.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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“Seminaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seminaries. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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