different between seminary vs seminarist

English

Etymology

From Latin s?min?rium, from s?men (“seed”). Compare seminar.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?m?n??i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?m?n??i/, /?s?m?n?i/

Noun

seminary (plural seminaries)

1. A theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.
2. A private residential school for girls.
   • 1885, W. S. Gilbert, A. Sullivan, The Mikado

     Three little maids who, all unwary,
     Come from a ladies' seminary

3. (Mormonism) 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. (by extension) The place or original stock from which anything is brought or produced.
   • 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c

     the Seminary or Promptuary that furnisheth forth Matter for the Formation and Increment of Animal and Vegetable Bodies

6. (obsolete) Seminal state or polity.
7. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.
   • 1638, Jeremy Taylor, Sermon on Gunpowder Treason

     I shall not need to instance in the effects which this bull produced; the treason of Watson and Cleark, two English seminaries, are sufficiently known

8. (archaic) An academic seminar.

Derived terms

• seminarian
• seminarist

Related terms

• seminar

Translations

Adjective

seminary (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to seed; seminal.

English

Etymology

From seminary +? -ist.

Noun

seminarist (plural seminarists)

1. (Roman Catholicism) A student training to be a priest at a Roman Catholic seminary.

   Synonym: seminarian

2. (now rare) A member of a seminar.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From seminarie +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?.mi.na??r?st/
• Hyphenation: se?mi?na?rist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

seminarist m (plural seminaristen)

1. (Christianity) A student at a seminary, usually Roman Catholic, Remonstrant or Lutheran.

Estonian

Noun

seminarist

1. elative singular of seminar

Romanian

Etymology

From French séminariste.

Noun

seminarist m (plural seminari?ti)

1. seminarian

Declension