# seminary

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɛmənɛɹi/ · frequency rank #14,212

## Definitions
1. A theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.
2. A private residential school for girls.
3. A class of religious education for youths ages 14–18 that accompanies normal secular education.
4. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation.
5. The place or original stock from which anything is brought or produced.
6. Seminal state or polity.
7. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.
8. An academic seminar.

## Etymology
From Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminar. In the ground sense, from Middle English semynair, semynary.

## Easily confused with
- **seminar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seminar-vs-seminary)
- **seminal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seminal-vs-seminary)

## Common misspellings (12)
`esminary`, `seimnary`, `semianry`, `seminarry`, `seminaryy`, `seminayr`, `seminnary`, `seminray`, `semminary`, `semniary`, `smeinary`, `sseminary`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/seminary