Definition of seminary Seminary

/sɛˈmʌnɛˌɹi/ - [semuneree] - sem•i•nar•y

We found 15 definitions of seminary from 5 different sources.

What does seminary mean?

Noun Plural: seminaries
seminary - a private place of education for the young
		private school a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition
seminary - a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis
		religious school a school run by a religious body

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seminary (Noun)
A theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.
seminary (Noun)
A private residential school for girls.
seminary (Noun)
A class of religious education for youths ages 14–18 that accompanies normal secular education.
seminary (Adjective)
Of or relating to seed; seminal.

seminary (n.)
A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat.
seminary (n.)
Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced.
seminary (n.)
A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.
seminary (n.)
Seminal state.
seminary (n.)
Fig.: A seed bed; a source.
seminary (n.)
A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.
seminary (a.)
Belonging to seed; seminal.

seminary
sem′in-ar-i, n. the original place whence anything is derived, a nursery: a place of education, esp. in branches of knowledge to be afterwards applied in practice, as theology, &c.: a group of advanced students working in some specific subject of study under a teacher—also and more commonly Seminär′ (the German name): a seminary priest.—n. Sem′inarist, a student at a seminary: a R.C. priest educated in a foreign seminary