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semi·nary (sem′ə ner′ē)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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