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seminary |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, a. [L. seminarius.] Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, n.; pl {Seminaries}. [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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Seminar \Sem`i*nar"\, n. [G. See {Seminary}, n.] A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; -- called also {seminary}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: seminary n 1: a private place of education for the young 2: a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Seminary, MS (town, FIPS 66400) Location: 31.55920 N, 89.49531 W Population (1990): 231 (126 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39479
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