Seminary is also used for secular educational

After Reformation and the growth of new designations, Seminaries once more came into use, especially in America. The 16th-century Council of Trent dictated Theology seminaries to be opened up in every territory, Seminary .In several countries, the word seminary is also used for secular educational institutions of higher learning that teach teachers. While the responsibility of the instructing Seminaries and religious seminaries is dissimilar, the nomenclature has not shifted. Throughout the Nineteenth century in the USA, Seminaries educated women for the only socially acceptable job: education. Only single women could become teachers. Many older women’s colleges began as seminaries and created an significant corps of educators.

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