SEMINARY (

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• LAT

Lat. seminarium, from semen,

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• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed)  , a term originally applied to a nursery-garden or place where seeds are sown to produce plants for transplanting . It was early used in its present sense of a place of education . Its most frequent use is for a training college for the Roman Catholic priesthood, and in a transferred sense for a priest who has been trained in a foreign seminary, also often termed a "seminarist." A German usage, adopted in America, applies the term seminar to a class or advanced study or research .