SEMINARIES

Noun

seminaries

plural of seminary

Anagrams

• Messierian, Namierises, namierises, semainiers, siramesine

Source: Wiktionary


SEMINARY

Sem"i*na*ry, n.; pl. Seminaries. Etym: [L. seminarium, fr. seminarius belonging to seed, fr. semon, seminis, seed. See Seminal.]

1. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat. [Obs.] Mortimer. But if you draw them [seedling] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds. Evelyn.

2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. [Obs.] Woodward.

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

4. Seminal state. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] Harvey.

6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Sem"i*na*ry, a. Etym: [L. seminarius.]

Definition: Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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