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seminary Definition

semi·nary (sem′ə ner′ē)

noun pl. -·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

seminary Synonyms

seminary

n.

secondary school, institute, theological school; see academy 1, school 1.

seminary Usage Examples

Possessives

  • lady: There were in St Andrews young ladies ' seminaries but these did not offer much intellectual challenge to the pupils.

Converse of object

  • found: To provide pastors he founded seminaries for the training of students, whom he maintained at his own expense.
  • enter: In 1939, he entered the minor seminary in Traunstein, his first step toward the priesthood.
  • attend: A year later, they moved to Toronto, where they both attended a downtown Baptist seminary.
  • establish: Around 1716-17 it was decided to establish the seminary at Scalan a wild and desolate spot surrounded on three sides by hills.
  • leave: He gave me his promise, but he did not keep it when I left the seminary.
  • have: The problem has many American seminaries rethinking the way they reach the lost overseas.

Preposition: for

  • training: To provide pastors he founded seminaries for the training of students, whom he maintained at his own expense.

Adjective modifier

  • theological: Here he learned what he could not have learned in any of the theological seminaries of that time.
  • Catholic: We believe it is now at Ushaw [ Ushaw College, a Catholic seminary at Durham ] .
  • evangelical: We felt that there was a great need to start an evangelical seminary in the Episcopal church.
  • Islamic: He has also had a formative role in developing an Islamic seminary in Britain.
  • junior: In 1907, he entered a junior Franciscan seminary, where he excelled in mathematics and physics.
  • religious: He was sent to Rome and lived in a religious seminary.

Modifies a noun

  • professor: One of my seminary professors was a missionary to Korea.
  • priest: Proceeding relative to Roger Gwyn, the seminary priest.
  • student: For seminary students, the goal of studying Greek grammar is the accurate exegesis of biblical texts.
  • teacher: Sister Smith serves as Stake Director of Public Affairs and as a seminary teacher.
  • training: From there I proceeded to Talbot Theological Seminary to complete my seminary training.
  • building: The first would see the seminary building converted into 6 townhouses, with the teaching block forming 1 house.