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1
a place or establishment for teaching and learning
- a seminary exclusively for women
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2
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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“Seminary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seminary. Accessed 9 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of seminary was in 1542
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