Meaning

8 senses
  1. A theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.

    Seminar, Priesterseminar

    семина́рияseminárija

    a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis

  2. A private residential school for girls.

  3. (Mormonism)A class of religious education for youths ages 14–18 that accompanies normal secular education.

  4. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation.

  5. (broadly)The place or original stock from which anything is brought or produced.

  6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.

  7. (obsolete)Seminal state or polity.

  8. (archaic)An academic seminar.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. He decided to enter the seminary.

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  2. Sami graduated from the seminary, the top of his class.

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  3. Tom is at seminary.

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  4. The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City ordains Conservative rabbis.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
theological school:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
theological school:

Origin

From Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminar. In the ground sense, from Mid

From Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminar. In the ground sense, from Middle English semynair, semynary.

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Forms

plural: seminaries
Singularseminary
Pluralseminaries

regular

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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