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.
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.
Sem"i*na*ry, a. [L. seminarius.]
Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]
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.
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.
Sem"i*na*ry, a. [L. seminarius.]
Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]
