n.
Pronunciation: ' se-m ə - ˌ ner- ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -nar · ies
Etymology: Middle English, seedbed, nursery, from Latin seminarium, from semin-, semen seed
Date: 1542
1 : an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated <a seminary of vice and crime>
2 a : an institution of secondary or higher education b : an institution for the training of candidates for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate