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I went whole hog at the actor's lifestyle - really embraced it. I had by then known how much I loved acting already, because I discovered acting from a teacher in the seminary - that's the first place I ever did it, in the seminary.
Peter Jurasik

Meaning of "seminary" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEMINARY

From Latin sēminārium a nursery garden, from sēmen seed.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SEMINARY

seminary  [ˈsɛmɪnərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEMINARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Seminary is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SEMINARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Seminary

A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students 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.

Definition of seminary in the English dictionary

The definition of seminary in the dictionary is an academy for the training of priests, rabbis, etc. Other definition of seminary is a place where something is grown.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEMINARY


binary
ˈbaɪnərɪ
chicanery
ʃɪˈkeɪnərɪ
culinary
ˈkʌlɪnərɪ
disciplinary
ˈdɪsɪˌplɪnərɪ
imaginary
ɪˈmædʒɪnərɪ
interdisciplinary
ˌɪntəˈdɪsɪˌplɪnərɪ
joinery
ˈdʒɔɪnərɪ
laminary
ˈlæmɪnərɪ
luminary
ˈluːmɪnərɪ
mercenary
ˈmɜːsɪnərɪ
millinery
ˈmɪlɪnərɪ
multidisciplinary
ˌmʌltɪˈdɪsɪˌplɪnərɪ
pinery
ˈpaɪnərɪ
postliminary
pəʊstˈlɪmɪnərɪ
preliminary
prɪˈlɪmɪnərɪ
prolegomenary
ˌprəʊlɛˈɡɒmɪnərɪ
refinery
rɪˈfaɪnərɪ
urinary
ˈjʊərɪnərɪ
veterinary
ˈvɛtərɪnərɪ
winery
ˈwaɪnərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEMINARY

semimystical
seminal
seminality
seminally
seminar
seminarial
seminarian
seminaries
seminarist
seminate
semination
seminatural
seminiferous
Seminole
seminoma
seminomad
seminomadic
seminomata
seminude
seminudity

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEMINARY

ambassador extraordinary
concubinary
cross-disciplinary
dictionary
duobinary
eclipsing binary
extraordinary
in ordinary
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
multitudinary
nonbinary
ordinary
out of the ordinary
quinary
sanguinary
trinary
unextraordinary
unordinary
valetudinary
vicissitudinary
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Synonyms and antonyms of seminary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SEMINARY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «seminary» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of seminary

Translation of «seminary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEMINARY

Find out the translation of seminary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of seminary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «seminary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

神学院
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

seminario
570 millions of speakers

English

seminary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मदरसा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإكليريكية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

семинарии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

seminário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিক্ষালয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

séminaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seminari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Seminar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

神学校
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신학교
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Seminari
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chủng viện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கல்லூரிக்குள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सेमिनरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

seminer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

seminario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

seminarium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

семінарії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

seminar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκπαιδευτήριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kweekskool
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

seminariet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Seminar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of seminary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEMINARY»

The term «seminary» is quite widely used and occupies the 23.513 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEMINARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «seminary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «seminary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about seminary

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8 QUOTES WITH «SEMINARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word seminary.
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Daniel Berrigan
It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged with sacramental imagery and with country imagery, because I was in the seminary for so many years in the country.
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John Bradshaw
When I walked out of the seminary, I was 31, but I was like a scared, frightened kid. I had no place to live, no license, no clothes. I was just a lost soul.
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Peter Jurasik
That was my aspiration, so I was there in a seminary with just boys who were studying to be priests. Pretty rigorous schooling; we never got home, we stayed there all year.
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Peter Jurasik
I went whole hog at the actor's lifestyle - really embraced it. I had by then known how much I loved acting already, because I discovered acting from a teacher in the seminary - that's the first place I ever did it, in the seminary.
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Pete Postlethwaite
I was born and bred a Catholic. I was brought up a very strong Catholic - I practiced in a seminary for four years, from eleven to fourteen, and trained to be a Catholic priest. So I was very steeped in all that.
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Joel Robuchon
When I was 13, I entered the seminary in the hope of becoming a priest. But I often found myself helping the nuns in the kitchen and thus discovered my passion for cooking. I began to cultivate my skills and aspirations at the age of 15, when I embarked on my first apprenticeship.
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Johnny Vegas
I came from a very loving home, had a happy life with no great aspirations, but going to the seminary changed me. There was a chunk of my childhood missing. Once I'd realised it wasn't for me, I still felt a tremendous pressure to continue for fear of letting everybody down.
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Johnny Vegas
I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEMINARY»

Discover the use of seminary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to seminary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Portable Seminary, The: A Master's Level Overview in One Volume
"Lay people and pastors will find the major topics included in this volume that would be found in a typical seminary master's program.
David Horton, 2006
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Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New ...
The story of the first twenty years of Fuller Seminary, recounted in Reforming Fundamentalism, tells of how these high aspirations clashed with the realities of American cultural and intellectual life and especially with the realities of ...
George M. Marsden, 1995
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The Seminary Student Writes
The book begins with reflections on writing as a sacred action, then addresses such practical matters as choosing and researching a topic; outlining, drafting, and polishing a paper; and using the proper format for footnotes and ...
Deborah Core, 2000
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A Handbook for Seminary Presidents
Douglass Lewis, Lovett Weems, and the four dozen other presidential contributors to this volume -- a project of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada -- together possess hundreds of years of combined ...
Granville Douglass Lewis, Lovett Hayes Weems, 2006
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Seminary Boy
One of the most extraordinary memoirs of recent years, the acclaimed writer John Cornwell has finally written his own story, and the story of a choice he had to make between the Church and a life lived outside its confines.
John Cornwell, 2010
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What They Didn't Teach You in Seminary: 25 Lessons for ...
For the sake of God's work in you and those you lead, please read this book!"--Jim Mellado, president, Willow Creek Association "What makes this book indispensable is the down-to-earth, learned-the-hard-way advice and insight.
James Emery White, 2011
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Seminary: A Search
Discusses the author's experiences in seminary while studying for the priesthood and assesses the significance of this period in his life, detailing the forces that brought him to the priesthood and those that drove him away
Paul Hendrickson, 1987
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Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine
This introductory textbook has several distinctive features: a strong emphasis on the scriptural basis for each doctrine; clear writing, with technical terms kept to a minimum; and a contemporary approach.
Wayne A. Grudem, 2009
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What I Didn't Learn in Seminary
What I Didn t Learn In Seminary is a book that leans upon more than 45 years of experience of its author. The book has serious and humorous examples of failures and successes in the real world of a pastor.
Michael Tucker, 2012
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Cultivating the Rosebuds: The Education of Women at the ...
Devon Mihesuah explores its curriculum, faculty, administration, and educational philosophy. Recipient of a 1995 Critics' Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association. 24 photos.
Devon A. Mihesuah, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEMINARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term seminary is used in the context of the following news items.
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President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary reacts to gay …
Clara Porter has refused to take medication that could make her competent to stand trial. The courts have been deciding whether she should be forcibly ... «WDRB, Jun 15»
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33 Texas prisoners set to graduate from seminary
"It is remarkable to me that two state senators from Texas could travel to the Angola Prison in Louisiana and return with a concept of creating a prison seminary ... «KVUE, May 15»
3
Jerusalem seminary defaced with anti-Christian slurs, torched
Jerusalem (CNN) A day after flames scorched a West Bank mosque, a Jerusalem seminary belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church was torched and defaced ... «CNN, Feb 15»
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Pittsburgh Theological Seminary bequeathed $20 million
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary has received the largest donation in its history, more than $20 million from a lifelong Presbyterian and longtime insurance ... «Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Jan 15»
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Mexican Catholics Protest After Priest Is Reportedly Kidnapped …
Gregorio Lopez Gorostieta, who apparently was kidnapped from a local seminary on Monday. "Enough Already!" and "Return Father Gregorio!" read banners ... «Huffington Post, Dec 14»
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General Theological Seminary Bringing Back Professors It Dismissed
Seven of the eight professors who were dismissed in late September from the General Theological Seminary, the nation's oldest Episcopal seminary, will return ... «New York Times, Nov 14»
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Seeking Dean's Firing, Seminary Professors End Up Jobless
The General Theological Seminary in Manhattan, the nation's oldest Episcopal seminary, seemed to be regaining its footing after almost having to seek ... «New York Times, Oct 14»
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LDS Church raising requirements for teens graduating from Mormon …
SALT LAKE CITY – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is raising the bar for high school students enrolled in seminary, adding tests and reading ... «Fox News, Sep 14»
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Union Becomes the World's First Seminary to Divest from Fossil Fuels
At Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, we have a particular call to live out our values in the world. In accordance with that call, our Board of ... «TIME, Jun 14»
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Pakistan arrests seminary teacher for gang rape
The seminary instructor, who had been teaching the Quran — Islam's holy book — for several years, and his two companions lured the victim and her friend on ... «Yahoo News, May 14»

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