seminary

vocation

Dedicated career path

• callingStrongly felt purpose
• discernmentKeen perception and judgment
• formationCreation or arrangement

ordination · vows · celibacy · consecration · discipleship · spiritual direction · retreat · prayer · devotion · meditation

ordination

Clergy appointment ceremony

• priestOne who performs sacraments
• pastorChristian congregation leader
• ministerReligious leader or serve

deacon · bishop · chaplain · rector · vicar · curate · preacher · parson · novice · postulant

campus

Institutional grounds and buildings

• dormitoryStudent living building
• chapelSmall worship room
• libraryBook collection or building

refectory · rector · faculty · students · enrollment · admissions · graduation · commencement · accreditation · curriculum

theology

Study of the divine

• philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
• scriptureSacred religious writings
• homileticsScience of sermon-making

pastoral care · ethics · church history · Greek · Hebrew · Latin · canon law · counseling · preaching · lectures

doctrine

Established body of teachings

• dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
• hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
• exegesisCritical textual interpretation

homiletics · liturgy · ecclesiology · eschatology · apologetics · canon · biblical · systematic · catechism · creed

breeding ground

Place where something proliferates

• nurseryRoom for infants
• hotbedPlace fostering rapid growth
• incubatorControlled warming enclosure

cradle · birthplace · fountainhead · wellspring · origin · source

• religious educationreligious education, Bible college, Bible stories, religious instruction, Sunday school
• religious institutionschurch, cathedral, temple, synagogue, monastery
• schoolsprimary school, school, college, academy, high school
• higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, graduate school
• campus featureslibrary, libraries, dorm, dorms, dormitory
• institutionsacademy, government, public hospitals, museum, public libraries