SEMINARY

seminary. Seminary, n. a seedplot, stock, college, school

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Sem″i‐na‐ry (?), n.; pl. Seminaries (#). [[L. seminarium, fr. seminarius belonging to seed, fr. semon, seminis, seed. See Seminal.]] 1. 1. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat. Mortimer.
But if you draw them only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds. Evelyn. 2. 2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. Woodward.
3. 3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.
4. 4. Seminal state. Sir T. Browne.
5. 5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. Harvey.
6. 6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. Jer. Taylor.