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