D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Seminar

/sĕm'-ən-ärˌ/ · Sem·i·nar · IPA /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/
01 n. A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition…
  1. 1.
    A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; -- formerly called also seminary, now seldom used in this sense. Also: seminary