seminary – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
seminary
n.
religious school where students train for the priesthood or rabbinate; school, institution of learning; seminar, advanced university course intended for a small number of students; educational academy for girls
Seminary
A
seminary,
theological college,
divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called
seminarians) in
theology, generally to prepare them for
ordination as clergy or for other
ministry. The English word is taken from the Latin
seminarium, translated as
seed-bed, an image taken from the
Council of Trent document
Cum adolescentium aetas which called for the first modern seminaries. In the West the term now refers to
Roman Catholic educational institutes and has widened to include other Christian denominations and
American Jewish institutions.
seminary
Noun
1. a private place of education for the young
(hypernym) private school
2. a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis
(hypernym) religious school
seminary
Rzecz.
seminarium duchowne
Seminary
(n.)
Seminal state.
(n.)
Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced.
(n.)
Fig.: A seed bed; a source.
(n.)
A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.
(n.)
A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.
(n.)
A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat.
(a.)
Belonging to seed; seminal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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