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Date: 1800-1900
Language: German
Origin: Latin seminarium; SEMINARY

seminar

 noun
     
Related topics: College
sem‧i‧nar [countable]
1SEC a class at a university or college for a small group of students and a teacher to study or discuss a particular subject:
a Shakespeare seminar
2 a class on a particular subject, usually given as a form of training:
Publishers and writers from 13 countries attended the seminar.
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