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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

The winner Talarico, who has a Master of Divinity degree from a Christian seminary, offered a more genteel approach.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Because he went to the seminary, then he went to Merrimack College, he was a teacher — he bounced around.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 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

That he had attended a seminary until he was sixteen.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho




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