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seminary

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Synonyms and Antonyms of seminary

1 a place or establishment for teaching and learning

a seminary exclusively for women

Synonyms of seminary

academy, school

Words Related to seminary

boarding school, prep, preparatory school, prep school

elementary school, grammar school, high school, junior high school, kindergarten, middle school, primary school, public school, secondary school, senior high school, trade school, training school

charter school, magnet school, minischool

2 a place or environment that favors the development of something

a university that was a seminary of technological advances

Synonyms of seminary

breeding ground, hotbed, hothouse, nest, nursery, seedbed

Words Related to seminary

base, capital, center, core, cynosure, eye, focus, heart, hub, mecca, nucleus, seat

focus, headquarters

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