seminary

Definitions

Same Latin seminarium ('seed-bed') as seminar, but specialized to one garden: a place where future clergy are 'grown.' Knowledge and faith are planted and cultivated until students are ready for ministry.

Common Collocations

• 1.theological seminary神学院
• 2.attend seminary就读神学院
• 3.seminary student神学院学生
• 4.seminary training神学院培训

Example Sentences

• 1.

  He spent four years at a theological seminary before being ordained.

• 2.

  The seminary trains both priests and lay teachers.