seminarist (seminarist)

[F. séminariste = Sp. Pg. It. seminarist a = D. G. Sw. Dan. semi narist; as seminar-y + -ist.] A member of a seminary; specifically, a Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary. Seminarists now come from Rome to pervert souls. Sheldon , Miracles (1616), p. 170. ( Latham .) seminary (sem'i-nā-ri), a . and n. [I. a. = Pg. It. semina rio, seminar i us , of or pertaining to seed, semen ( semin- ), seed: see semen . II. n. seminaire , F. séminaire = Sp. Pg. It. semina rio, a seed-plot, a seminary, = G. seminar , a seminary, semi narium, a seed-plot, nursery-garden, NL. a educated in a seminary, especially a foreign one; a seminarist. Able Christians should rather turne Jesuites and Semi naries than run into Convents and Frieries. N. Ward , Simple Cobler, p. 46. A while agone, they made me, yea me, to mistake an honest zealous pursuivant for a seminary . B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, ii. 1. Of a long time I have not only been supposed a Papist, but a seminary, a Jesuit, an emi ary of Rome. Penn, Speech, March 22, 1678. 5. In some universities and institutions, a group of advanced students pursuing some branch by real research, the writing of theses, etc.; also, the course of study engaged in by such students; a seminary course: imitated from Ger IMG:content-0587.png:[blocks in formation] seminate (sem'i-nāt), v. t.; pret. and pp. sem inated, ppr. seminating. [ Water house , Apology, p. 19. ( Latham .) Sir Thomas More, and others who had intended to sem inate , engender, and breed among the people and subjects of the King a most mischievous and seditious opin IMG:content-0588.png:[blocks in formation] 3. In bot., the natural dispersion of seeds; the seminet, v. t. [= F. semer = It. seminare, Her garments blue, and semined with stars. B. Jonson, Masque of Hymen. seminiferous (sem-i-nif'e-rus), a. [L. semen (semin-), seed, + ferre = E. bear1 .] 1. Seed bearing; producing seed.-2. Serving to carry semen; containing or conveying the seminal fluid. - Seminiferous scale, in bot . , a scale above the bract-scale in the Coniferæ , upon which the ovules, and ultimately the seeds, are placed.