Definitions for seminary
ˈsɛm əˌnɛr isem·i·na·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. seminarynoun

   a private place of education for the young

2. seminarynoun

   a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. seminarynoun

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

2. seminarynoun

   A private residential school for girls.

3. seminarynoun

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

4. Etymology: From seminarium, from semen. Compare seminar.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Seminarynoun

   Etymology: seminaire, Fr. seminarium from semino, Lat.

   1. The ground where any thing is sown to be afterwards transplanted.

   Some, at the first transplanting trees out of their seminaries, cut them off about an inch from the ground, and plant them like quickset. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

   2. The place or original stock whence any thing is brought.

   This stratum is still expanded at top of all, serving for a common integument, and being the seminary or promptuary that furnisheth forth matter for the formation and increment of animal and vegetable bodies. John Woodward.

   3. Seminal state.

   The hand of God, who first created the earth, hath wisely contrived them in their proper seminaries, and where they best maintain the intention of their species. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   4. Original; first principles.

   Nothing subministrates apter matter to be converted into pestilent seminaries, sooner than steams of nasty folks and beggars. Gideon Harvey, on the Plague.

   5. Breeding place; place of education, from whence scholars are transplanted into life.

   It was the seat of the greatest monarchy, and the seminary of the greatest men of the world, whilst it was heathen. Francis Bacon.

   The inns of court must be the worst instituted seminaries in any Christian country. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Seminary

   A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, in academics, or mostly in Christian ministry. The English word is taken from the Latin seminarium, translated as seed-bed, an image taken from the Council of Trent document Cum adolescentium aetas which called for the first modern seminaries.In the United States, the term is currently used for graduate-level theological institutions, but historically it was used for high schools.

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1. seminary

   A seminary is a specialized educational institution where people are trained for religious work, often involving leadership roles such as pastors, priests, or rabbis within specific religious denominations. These institutions generally provide courses in theology, religious history, and practical aspects of ministry.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Seminarynoun

   a piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat

2. Seminarynoun

   hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced

3. Seminarynoun

   a place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university

4. Seminarynoun

   seminal state

5. Seminarynoun

   fig.: A seed bed; a source

6. Seminarynoun

   a Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist

7. Seminaryadjective

   belonging to seed; seminal

8. Etymology: [L. seminarius.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Seminary

   A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students in theology, generally to prepare them for ordination as clergy or for other ministry. The English word is taken from the Latin seminarium, translated as seed-bed, an image taken from the Council of Trent document Cum adolescentium aetas which called for the first modern seminaries. In the West the term now refers to Roman Catholic educational institutes and has widened to include other Christian denominations and American Jewish institutions.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Seminary

   sem′in-ar-i, n. the original place whence anything is derived, a nursery: a place of education, esp. in branches of knowledge to be afterwards applied in practice, as theology, &c.: a group of advanced students working in some specific subject of study under a teacher—also and more commonly Seminär′ (the German name): a seminary priest.—n. Sem′inarist, a student at a seminary: a R.C. priest educated in a foreign seminary.

Matched Categories

1. • Private School
   • Religious School

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of seminary in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of seminary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of seminary in a Sentence

1. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani:

   In the negotiations, we will not accept imposition, humiliation and the continuation of sanctions, like all of the days of the history of this revolution, the government desires the support of the people and especially the support of the people of Qom, the seminary and the senior clerics.

2. Steven Ortiz:

   The seminary trustees are asking : What are we doing with Dead Sea ?

3. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin:

   One (allegation) is that there is a homosexual, gay culture, that students have been using an app called Grindr, which would be inappropriate for seminarians and not just because they are going to be celibate priests, if this is going on a large scale in the seminary and it hasn't been noticed in the seminary, then there is something wrong.

4. The Pope:

   You did not buy a ticket to get into the seminary, you did nothing to 'deserve' it.

5. Bill Patenaude:

   Cardinal Turkson's talk, given at a pontifical seminary in Ireland, was for the whole church.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=seminary
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Seminary
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=seminary
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminary
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seminary
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=seminary
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=seminary
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=seminary