— seminarial , adj.
/sem"euh ner'ee/ , n. , pl. seminaries .
1. a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
2. a school, esp. one of higher grade.
3. a school of secondary or higher level for young women.
4. seminar (def. 1).
5. a place of origin and propagation: a seminary of discontent.
[ 1400-50; late ME: seed plot, nursery seminarium, equiv. to semin- (s. of semen ) seed, SEMEN + -arium -ARY ]