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proseminary

proseminary noun: a seminary that prepares pupils for a higher institution.

Noun

proseminary (plural proseminaries)

  1. A seminary that prepares pupils for a higher institution.
    • It was then just founded as a proseminary for St. John's college Oxford1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry

Forms of proseminary

pluralproseminaries

Origin of proseminary

From pro- + seminary?

Questions about proseminary

What does proseminary mean?
Proseminary means a seminary that prepares pupils for a higher institution.
What part of speech is proseminary?
Proseminary is a noun.
What is the plural of proseminary?
The plural of proseminary is proseminaries.

Words near proseminary in the dictionary

  1. proseman
  2. prosemen
  3. proseminar
  4. proseminaries
  5. proseminars
  6. proseminary
  7. prosemite
  8. prosemites
  9. prosencephala
  10. prosencephalic
  11. prosencephalon

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