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a place or establishment for teaching and learning
a seminary exclusively for women
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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 seminary
It’s headed by Rabbi Avi Weiss and Rabba Sara Hurwitz, the founders of liberal Orthodox seminaries in New York City.
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Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
Born in Poland in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła attended clandestine seminaries and frequented groups of intellectuals who met in secret to discuss ways of undermining Communism from within.
—Yvonnick Denoël, airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
McLaren is an author, popular blogger, frequent guest on television, radio, and news media programs, and has taught or lectured at many seminaries, denominational, and interfaith gatherings.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
The little yellow ashram has a small meditation garden, a Hindu seminary and a residential monastery.
—Kira Wakeam, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025
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Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
Born in Poland in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła attended clandestine seminaries and frequented groups of intellectuals who met in secret to discuss ways of undermining Communism from within.
—Yvonnick Denoël, airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
McLaren is an author, popular blogger, frequent guest on television, radio, and news media programs, and has taught or lectured at many seminaries, denominational, and interfaith gatherings.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
The little yellow ashram has a small meditation garden, a Hindu seminary and a residential monastery.
—Kira Wakeam, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seminary
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Gonzalez had the girl skip school on two occasions, taking her to the beach and a park, according to the report.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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The high school junior — who is diagnosed with autism, ADHD and anxiety — connected with the advisory council through a school counselor who knew about her outspoken passion for mental health.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
21 May 2025
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Favre’s off-the-field controversies are at the center of UNTOLD: The Fall of Favre, which began streaming Tuesday on Netflix.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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The city also offers a tourist train for five euros that runs about every hour, connecting the historic center with the two main beach areas (Platja de la Grava and Platja de l’Arenal).—
Liz Provencher,
Travel + Leisure,
20 May 2025
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This ranges from a solar farm housing grazing sheep as a natural way to maintain the land, to a learning center, fruit orchard, tree nursery and vegetable patch dedicated to growing foods that are hard to get in Puerto Rico, like kale, lettuce and tomatoes.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Epic Universe is a powerful example of how Florida’s nursery and landscape industry shapes the state’s world-class visitor experiences.—
Tal Coley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 May 2025
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Across the coasts of our region, both Atlantic and Gulf, sea turtles make their nests and hatchlings make their way back to the ocean.—
Katie Akin,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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The nests were counted by an army of volunteers, park staff, local councils, land managers and contractors who conducted 5,000 observations this season, officials said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2025
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The home is in the central part of the state about 70 miles west of Lincoln, the state capital.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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The fixture list added further intrigue to that race, Atalanta facing Roma on Monday evening while Juve headed to the Italian capital on Saturday evening to take on a Lazio side that was on a six-game unbeaten run.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Indianapolis is better known as a Midwest motorsports mecca and basketball bastion than a city built for golf sickos.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Shoppes at Buckland Hills, which spawned the growth of a retail mecca in Manchester and neighboring South Windsor in the 1990s, rose to become the second largest taxpayer in the municipality.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Seminary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seminary. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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