seminary

Definition

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

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "Three little maids who, all unwary, Come from a ladies' seminary"
• "I shall first begin with the Seminary and Nursery, as what is the first Work to be taken care of where you have not the opportunity of buying Trees"
• "[B]ut if you draw them [seedlings] only for the thinning of your Seminary, prick them into ſome empty Beds at one foot interval, leaving the reſt at two or three."

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