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a place or establishment for teaching and learning
a seminary exclusively for women
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a place or environment that favors the development of something
some claimed that orphanages were seminaries of sin and petty crime, turning out juvenile delinquents by the score
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Most of the region’s earliest cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus, were traced to the holy city of Qom in Iran, whose renowned Shiite seminaries and Sayyida Fatimah al-Masumah shrine draw aspiring clerics and devout pilgrims from across the Shiite world.
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Toby Matthiesen, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2020
But to the Pakistani government and Western counterterrorism officials, the religious seminaries known as madrasas also represent a potential threat.
—Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
In fact, after four decades of revolutionary fervor, the regime’s power centers, notably the military-security establishment and seminaries, are radicalizing rather than moderating.
—Kian Tajbakhsh, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2019
In his remarks, Francis said that there was already too much gayness in Catholic seminaries, using a pejorative to describe it, according to bishops who attended the conference.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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In the months since, the settlement has faced a wave of objections from athletes, schools and other stakeholders.—
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Hunter Metcalf said the stabbing occurred after his brother asked the suspect to leave their school's tent at the meet.—
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Functionality of these three branches and the commensurate endurance of individual liberty center squarely on society’s universal respect for the rule of law.—
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Now the landscape around that issue has changed a bit, and some Democrats are questioning whether putting trans equality so close to the center of their priorities has alienated people, or has been a mistake.—
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Their nursery also includes two bookcases—from the Fillmore Collection—on each side of the crib.—
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The book champions houseplants, is about loving our roots and was inspired by growing up on the North County nursery called Altman Plants.—
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The two adult falcons using the nest box have been identified by the Midwest Peregrine Society as the same pair who used it last year, a 12-year-old female and a 16-year-old male.—
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The nest overlooks Big Bear Lake, which is about a 95-mile drive northeast from Los Angeles.—
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However, to attract an influx of capital to pay for all the improvements that Hartford urgently needs – in urban development, education, housing, and more – the city must first be able to keep, attract and retain talented, ambitious individuals.—
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Helsinki The coastal capital of Finland seamlessly blends together modern architecture, sustainable living and historic landmarks, like the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fortress Suomenlinna.—
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Since its founding in 1869, the university has turned Carbondale into a tiny cultural mecca and a powerful economic engine in an otherwise vast, rural region that has been battered by the decline of manufacturing and coal mining.—
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Critics of the loophole point to Walt Disney as among the first to take advantage of it decades ago when developing its tourist mecca of resorts and theme parks near Orlando.—
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“Seminary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seminary. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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