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==Origin==
 
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], seedbed, [[nursery]], from [[Latin]] ''seminarium'', from ''semin''-, ''semen'' [[seed]]
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[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], seedbed, [[nursery]], from [[Latin]] ''seminarium'', from ''semin''-, ''semen'' [[seed]]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1542]
 
==Definitions==
 
==Definitions==
 
*1:  an environment in which something [[origin]]ates and from which it is propagated  
 
*1:  an environment in which something [[origin]]ates and from which it is propagated  
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:b :  an institution for the [[training]] of candidates for the [[priesthood]], ministry, or rabbinate  
 
:b :  an institution for the [[training]] of candidates for the [[priesthood]], ministry, or rabbinate  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
A '''seminary''', [[theological]] [[college]], or [[divinity]] school is an [[institution]] of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in theology, generally to [[prepare]] them for [[ordination]] as clergy or for other ministry. The [[English]] word is taken from the Latin ''seminarium'', translated as [[seed]]-bed, an image taken from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Trent Council of Trent] document ''Cum adolescentium aetas'' which called for the first modern seminaries. In the West the term now refers to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church Roman Catholic] educational institutes and has widened to include other [[Christian]] denominations and American Jewish institutions.
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A '''seminary''', [[theological]] [[college]], or [[divinity]] school is an [[institution]] of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in theology, generally to [[prepare]] them for [[ordination]] as clergy or for other ministry. The [[English]] word is taken from the Latin ''seminarium'', translated as [[seed]]-bed, an image taken from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Trent Council of Trent] document ''Cum adolescentium aetas'' which called for the first modern seminaries. In the West the term now refers to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church Roman Catholic] educational institutes and has widened to include other [[Christian]] denominations and American Jewish institutions.
  
The establishment of [[modern]] seminaries resulted from Roman Catholic reforms of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Reformation Counter-Reformation] after the Council of Trent. The Tridentine seminaries placed great emphasis on personal [[discipline]] as well as the teaching of [[philosophy]] as a [[preparation]] for theology.
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The establishment of [[modern]] seminaries resulted from Roman Catholic reforms of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Reformation Counter-Reformation] after the Council of Trent. The Tridentine seminaries placed great emphasis on personal [[discipline]] as well as the teaching of [[philosophy]] as a [[preparation]] for theology.
  
 
[[Category: Education]]
 
[[Category: Education]]

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Origin

Middle English, seedbed, nursery, from Latin seminarium, from semin-, semen seed

Definitions

b : an institution for the training of candidates for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate

Description

A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in theology, generally to prepare them for ordination as clergy or for other ministry. The English word is taken from the Latin seminarium, translated as seed-bed, an image taken from the Council of Trent document Cum adolescentium aetas which called for the first modern seminaries. In the West the term now refers to Roman Catholic educational institutes and has widened to include other Christian denominations and American Jewish institutions.

The establishment of modern seminaries resulted from Roman Catholic reforms of the Counter-Reformation after the Council of Trent. The Tridentine seminaries placed great emphasis on personal discipline as well as the teaching of philosophy as a preparation for theology.