| seminary | Origin: 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. "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. 3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university. 4. Seminal state. 5. A seed bed; a source. 6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. Belonging to seed; seminal. Origin: L. Seminarius. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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