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seminary

[sem-uh-ner-ee] / ˈsɛm əˌnɛr i /
NOUN
academy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
boarding school institute prep school secondary school
WEAK
brainery finishing school halls of ivy military school preparatory school
NOUN
class
Synonyms
STRONGEST
course division grade room seminar session study subject
STRONG
academy colloquium form homeroom line recitation section subdivision
WEAK
course of study lecture group quiz group round table study group
Antonyms
STRONG
whole
NOUN
college
Synonyms
STRONG
association institute lyceum organization university
WEAK
alma mater brainery halls of ivy halls of knowledge
NOUN
institute/institution
Synonyms
WEAK
academy association asylum business clinic college company conservatory establishment fixture foundation guild hospital orphanage school seminar society system think tank university
NOUN
institution
Synonyms
STRONGEST
academy association business clinic company establishment foundation hospital institute school society system university
STRONG
asylum college conservatory fixture guild orphanage seminar
NOUN
school
Synonyms
STRONGEST
academy department faculty hall institute institution university
STRONG
college discipline establishment schoolhouse
WEAK
alma mater blackboard jungle halls of ivy

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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

“I am looking forward to the silence finally stopping, because 54 years of silence is a long time,” said Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos, the abbot of the seminary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

In 2002 he moved to the US with his wife and daughter to study at a seminary in California, where his two sons were born.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

I had dreams of becoming a Catholic priest and spent most of my 20s in various forms of conversion therapy in an attempt to prepare for the seminary and to be eligible for application.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025

He was straight out of seminary and brimming with new ideas.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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