\Sem"i*na*ry\, 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.

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

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

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

4. Seminal state. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

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

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

\Sem"i*na*ry\, a. [L. seminarius.]
Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]