seminary
/ˈsɛmənɛɹi/ noun C1- A theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.
- A private residential school for girls.
- A class of religious education for youths ages 14–18 that accompanies normal secular education.
- A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation.
- The place or original stock from which anything is brought or produced.
- A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.
Plural seminaries
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They were rather handsome; had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town; had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds; were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank; and were, therefore, in every respect entitled to think well of themselves and meanly of others.
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