Seminary (?), 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.
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But if you draw them [seedling] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds. Evelyn.
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2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. [Obs.] Woodward.
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3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.
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4. Seminal state. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] Harvey.
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6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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