noun pl. seminaries -·nar′·ies

1. Now Rare a place where something develops, grows, or is bred
2. Old-fashioned a school, esp. a private school for young women
3. a school or college where persons are trained to become priests, ministers, or rabbis

Etymology: ME, seed plot < L seminarium, seed plot, nursery, neut. of seminarius, of seed < semen, a seed