seminary
pronunciation
How to pronounce seminary in British English:
UK [ˈsemɪnəri]
How to pronounce seminary in American English:
US [ˈsemɪneri]
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- Noun:
- a private place of education for the young
- a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis
Word Origin
- seminary (n.)
- mid-15c., "plot where plants are raised from seeds," from Latin seminarium "plant nursery, seed plot," figuratively, "breeding ground," from seminarius "of seed," from semen (genitive seminis) "seed" (see semen). Meaning "school for training priests" first recorded 1580s; commonly used for any school (especially academies for young ladies) from 1580s to 1930s.
Example
- 1. I could not understand what he had against my entering the seminary .
- 2. When the genocide began in april , we fled to a religious seminary .
- 3. I do a lot of work for seminary students . I like seminary students .
- 4. A former navy radar operator , subler attended seminary in columbus , ohio , then went to parachute school .
- 5. Mr davutoglu is hopeful , for example , that the greek orthodox seminary on the island of halki off istanbul will soon be reopened .