Monday, October 28, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: seminary

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Oct 29th 2013, 02:27, by Lo Ximiendo

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# A [[theological]] [[school]] for the training of [[rabbi]]s, [[priest]]s, or [[minister]]s.

  

# A [[theological]] [[school]] for the training of [[rabbi]]s, [[priest]]s, or [[minister]]s.
 

# A private residential school for [[girl]]s.

  

# A private residential school for [[girl]]s.
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#* '''1885''', [[w:Gilbert and Sullivan|Gilbert & Sullivan]], ''[[s:The_Mikado|The Mikado]]''

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#* '''1885''', {{w|Gilbert and Sullivan|Gilbert & Sullivan}}, ''[[s:The_Mikado|The Mikado]]''
 

#*: Three little maids who, all unwary,

  

#*: Three little maids who, all unwary,
 

#*: Come from a ladies' '''seminary'''

  

#*: Come from a ladies' '''seminary'''
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# {{context|by extension|lang=en}} The place or original stock from which anything is brought or produced.

  

# {{context|by extension|lang=en}} The place or original stock from which anything is brought or produced.
 

#: {{rfquotek|Woodward}}

  

#: {{rfquotek|Woodward}}
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# {{context|obsolete|lang=en}} Seminal state.

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# {{context|obsolete|lang=en}} Seminal state or [[polity]].
 

#: {{rfquotek|Sir Thomas Browne}}

  

#: {{rfquotek|Sir Thomas Browne}}
 

# A [[Roman Catholic]] [[priest]] educated in a foreign seminary; a [[seminarist]].

  

# A [[Roman Catholic]] [[priest]] educated in a foreign seminary; a [[seminarist]].

Latest revision as of 02:27, 29 October 2013

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin sēminārium, from sēmen ("seed"). Compare seminar.

Noun[edit]

seminary (plural seminaries)

  1. A theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.
  2. A private residential school for girls.
  3. (Mormonism) A class of religious education for youths ages 14–18 that accompanies normal secular education.
  4. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Mortimer to this entry?)
    • Evelyn
      But if you draw them [seedlings] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds.
  5. (by extension) The place or original stock from which anything is brought or produced.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Woodward to this entry?)
  6. (obsolete) Seminal state or polity.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)
  7. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Jeremy Taylor to this entry?)

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

theological school

Adjective[edit]

seminary (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to seed; seminal.
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