Seminary - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsemɪnerɪ|  American pronunciation of the word seminary
Brit.  |ˈsemɪn(ə)rɪ|  British pronunciation of the word seminary

noun

- a private place of education for the young
- a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis

Extra examples

...a seminary exclusively for women...

...some claimed that orphanages were seminaries of sin and petty crime, turning out juvenile delinquents by the score...

This place had been a seminary of all public and all private vices.

...applicants are rigorously cathechized by the seminary's rector regarding their motives for joining the priesthood...

Word forms

noun
singular: seminary
plural: seminaries
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