Category:Seminary

Sem"i*na*ry, n.; pl. Seminaries. Etym: [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.

Seminary Sem"i*na*ry, a. Etym: [l. seminarius.]

Defn: belonging to seed; seminal. [r.]