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A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution. T. Warton.

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• HIGHER-UP
  A superior officer or official; -- used chiefly in pl.
• HIGHERING
  Rising higher; ascending. In ever highering eagle circles. Tennyson.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• INSTITUTIONARY
  1. Relating to an institution, or institutions. 2. Containing the first principles or doctrines; elemental; rudimentary.
• INSTITUTIONAL
  1. Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; as, institutional legends. Institutional writers as Rousseau. J. S. Mill. 2. Instituted by authority. 3. Elementary; rudimental.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• SEMINARY
  1. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat. Mortimer. But if you draw them only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds. Evelyn. 2. Hence, the place or
• HIGHER THOUGHT
  See BELOW
• INSTITUTION
  1. The act or process of instituting; as: Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school. The institution of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction. Hooker. Instruction; education. Bentley. The
• HIGHER CRITICISM
  Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism. The comparison of the Hebrew and Greek texts
• SUPERINSTITUTION
  One institution upon another, as when A is instituted and admitted to a benefice upon a title, and B instituted and admitted upon the presentation of another. Bailey.
• PROSEMINARY
  A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution. T. Warton.