seminary
seminary is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. [Obs.] Woodward.
- 2.A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.
- 3.Seminal state. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
- 4.Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] Harvey.
- 5.A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
- 6.Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedary
- academic
- academy
- alma
- ambo
- amphitheater
- and
- art
- auditorium
- boarding
- book
- box
- cathedra
- chair
- class
- college
- collegiate
- continuation
- convent
- creche
- cyclopedia
- day
- denominational
- desk
- dictionary
- educational
- encyclopedia
- fellowship
- forum
- government
- grade
- grammar
- high
- horn
- hustings
- infant
- institute
- institution
- kindergarten
- lectern
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is seminary.
- What is hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. [Obs.] Woodward called?
- What is a place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university called?
- What is fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] Harvey called?
- What is a Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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