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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, noun; 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.
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. [Obs.] --Woodward.
3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.
4. Seminal state. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] --Harvey.
6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, adjective [L. seminarius.] Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Seminar \Sem'i*nar"\, noun [G. See {Seminary}, noun] A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; -- formerly called also {seminary}, now seldom used in this sense. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
seminary
noun
1: a private place of education for the young
2: a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "seminary": Bible institute, Gymnasium, Hebrew school, Latin school, Realgymnasium, Realschule, Sabbath school, Schule, Sunday school, Talmud Torah, academy, church school, college, convent school, denominational school, ecole, educational institution, escuela, grammar school, high, high school, institute, institution, intermediate school, junior high, junior high school, mesivta, middle school, parish school, parochial school, prep school, preparatory school, public school, scholastic institution, school, secondary school, senior high, senior high school, teaching institution, university, yeshiva
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Seminary, MS (town, FIPS 66400) Location: 31.55920 N, 89.49531 W Population (1990): 231 (126 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39479
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Seminary, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi Population (2000): 335 Housing Units (2000): 150 Land area (2000): 0.949315 sq. miles (2.458715 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.006709 sq. miles (0.017375 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.956024 sq. miles (2.476090 sq. km) FIPS code: 66400 Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28 Location: 31.562322 N, 89.496885 W ZIP Codes (1990): 39479 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Seminary, MS Seminary
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