proseminary

English

Etymology

From pro- +‎ seminary?

Noun

proseminary (plural proseminaries)

  1. A seminary that prepares pupils for a higher institution.
    • 1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry:
      It was then just founded as a proseminary for St. John's college Oxford

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