Seminary

(44), n. [Lat. seminarium, from seminarius, belonging to seed, from semen, seminis, seed; Fr. séminaire, It. & Sp. seminario.]

1. A ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed-plat; as, to transplant trees from a seminary. [Obs.]
2. Hence, the place or original stock whence any thing is brought; means of origination. [Obs.]

This stratum, being the seminary or promptuary, furnishing matter for the formation of animal and vegetable bodies. Woodward.

3. Hence, also, place of training; institution of education; a school, academy, college, or university, in which young persons are instructed in the several branches of learning which may qualify them for their future employments.
4. Seminal state. [Obs.] Browne.
5. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [Obs.]

The treason of Watson and Cleark, two English seminaries, is well known. Bp. Taylor.