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seminary

sem.i.nary \'sem-*-.ner-e-\ n [ME, seedbed, nursery, seminary, fr. L 
   seminarium, fr. semin-, s]emen seed 1: an environment in which something 
   originates and from which it is propag ated {a ~ of vice and crime} 2a: an 
   institution of secondary or higher education; specif : an ac ademy for 
   girls 2b: an institution for the training of candidates for the priesthood, 
   minis try, or rabbinate