proseminary
English
Etymology
pro- + seminary?
Noun
proseminary (plural proseminaries)
- 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
- 1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry
References
- proseminary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913