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seminary

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ˈse-mə-ˌner-ē

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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 Larijani was born June, 3, 1958, in Najaf in neighboring Iraq, where his father, Ayatollah Mirza Hashem Amoli, was studying at the Shia seminary. —

Alexander Smith, NBC news, 17 Mar. 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 And the theory of the case is that by talking about religion and his background in seminary, that that will offset the issues. —

David Frum, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026 As the years passed, behind the serene facade of studying and teaching at the seminary in the religious city of Qom, more claims and rumors narrated the ever-increasing influence and power wielded by Mojtaba. —

Kay Armin Serjoie, Time, 9 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seminary

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My high-school years were spent much like theirs.

— Eli Durst, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd’s decision to pass on North Carolina and remain with the Wildcats brought him a raise, more money for his staff and a new chain of command, as the school’s president will make more high-level determinations for the program, rather than the athletic director.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 4 May 2026