minor seminary

American  

noun

1. a Roman Catholic preparatory school where persons planning to enter the priesthood follow a course of secondary education.

---

Example Sentences

But then, at 14, he enrolled in the Karubanda Minor Seminary, where his musicianship was nurtured.

From BBC

An altar boy, he entered the minor seminary after graduating from Gir Gir Primary School, hoping to join the order as a priest.

From Seattle Times

Bonaventure was 13 when he entered minor seminary school in 1931.

From Seattle Times

Bonaventure was 13 when he entered minor seminary school in 1931.

From Washington Times

For Scorsese, who spent a year in a "minor seminary", a high school for boys considering the priesthood, the meeting came almost thirty years after many conservative Church leaders condemned his 1988 film "The Last Temptation of Christ".

From Reuters