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seminary

[sem-uh-ner-ee] / ˈsɛm əˌnɛr i /








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In 2022, a news outlet associated with the seminary in the holy city of Qom referred to him as an “ayatollah” for the first time, suggesting he had reached the rank of mujtahid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

He studied in a seminary in Qom after his service with the Revolutionary Guard and wears the black turban of a sayyid, indicating that he traces his lineage to the prophet Muhammad.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

But the changes blowing through Israel have not yet breached the walls of the Kisse Rahamim yeshiva - or Jewish seminary - in Bnei Brak, an ultra-Orthodox city on the outskirts of Tel Aviv.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

Back at the seminary apartment, I rearranged my thrift-store furniture, testing angles and proximity, trying to calculate how twelve adults might sit without anyone having to balance a plate on their knees.

From Salon • Oct. 14, 2025

He was the chaplain at Hackett and his Greek, which he had mostly learned at seminary, was crude and inferior even by my standards.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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