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seminary

[sem-uh-ner-ee] / ˈsɛm əˌnɛr i /








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He enrolled in seminary and began preaching within China’s official church system.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

He left before completing seminary, joining the civil rights movement full time.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

In 2002 he moved to the US with his wife and daughter to study at a seminary in California, where his two sons were born.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

I had dreams of becoming a Catholic priest and spent most of my 20s in various forms of conversion therapy in an attempt to prepare for the seminary and to be eligible for application.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025

He was the chaplain at Hackett and his Greek, which he had mostly learned at seminary, was crude and inferior even by my standards.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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