n. [ G. See Seminary, n. ] A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; -- formerly called also seminary, now seldom used in this sense. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. séminariste. ] A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

But if you draw them [ seedling ] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. [ Obs. ] Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Seminal state. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. seminarius. ] Belonging to seed; seminal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]