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seminary

[sem-uh-ner-ee] / ˈsɛm əˌnɛr i /








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Reilly spent nine years in seminary before switching to pursue politics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

The new consecrations are set to take place near the society's seminary in Econe, a village in the Rhone valley in Alpine southwest Switzerland, at the foot of the mountains.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Khamenei left Mashhad in 1957 to attend seminary in the Shiite holy city of Najaf in Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

He left before completing seminary, joining the civil rights movement full time.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026

I couldn’t have found God in the seminary, he thought, as he looked at the sunrise.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

A senior cleric from Najaf's Shia seminaries then led the funeral prayers.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

He studied at religious seminaries in Mashhad before continuing his education in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf and the religious centre of Qom.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Most of them reside and run seminaries in the holy cities of Qom in Iran and Najaf in Iraq.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

He began his religious instruction at 4 and continued his studies at the revered hawza, a network of illustrious seminaries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

He was destined by his relations for the church, and with this view was later admitted to the seminaries at Denkendorf and Maulbronn.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various




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