Seminary

From Dictionary.com we get the following definition "a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate." Very well and good. But look further down at the ORIGIN of the word "Origin: 1400–50; late ME: seed plot, nursery < L séminārium, equiv. to sémin- (s. of sémen) seed, semen + -ārium -ary]". This comes from the concept that knowledge is planted in the mind like a seed. Semen (or sperm) is considered the seed of humanity. Most bible passages that talk about offspring (the bible translates it to children) actually means the SEED. Not necessarily an actual human being.