SEMINARY


Meaning of SEMINARY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈse-mə-ˌner-ē ]

noun

( 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.