seminary
noun /ˈsemɪnəri/
/ˈsemɪneri/
(plural seminaries)
- a college where priests, ministers or rabbis are trained
神学院；修院 - He went to the Northern Catholic Seminary to train for the ministry.
他到北方天主教神学院去接受牧师培训。 - They spent six years in a seminary.
他们在神学院呆了六年。
词源late Middle English (denoting a seed plot): from Latin seminarium ‘seed plot’, neuter of seminarius ‘of seed’, from semen ‘seed’. - He went to the Northern Catholic Seminary to train for the ministry.