proseminary

English

Etymology

From pro- +‎ seminary?

Noun

proseminary (plural proseminaries)

1. 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

References

• “proseminary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.