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Seminaries
(gcide) | Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, n.; pl. Seminaries. [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.
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But if you draw them [seedling] only for the
thinning of your seminary, prick them into some
empty beds. --Evelyn.
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2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is
brought or produced. [Obs.] --Woodward.
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3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an
academy, college, or university.
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4. Seminal state. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] --Harvey.
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6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a
seminarist. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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