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The organisation of modern Seminary college establishments was a direct outcome of Roman Catholic reforms of the Counter-Reformation after the Council of Trent which insisted on the betterment of the teaching of clergy through the creation of Seminaries as live-in establishments under the primary control of elder clergy. Since at least the fourth century there have been Seminaries for the training of clergy. The initial recognized group of Seminarists was assembled by St. Basil of Ancyra. The word devolved out of popular usage in the Medieval Period, when all theological schooling was in monasteries, and later, in the universities. After Reformation and the emergence of new denominations, Seminaries once more came into usage, especially in the USA. The 16th-century Council of Trent dictated Seminaries to be opened up in every territory.In several areas, the term theological college is also used for other educational institutions of higher learning that instruct teachers. While the responsibility of the teaching Seminaries and theology seminaries is dissimilar, the terminology has not changed. During the Nineteenth century in the USA, Theology seminaries schooled women for the only socially satisfactory occupation: education. Only unmarried women could become teachers. Many older women’s colleges started as seminaries and produced an important corps of teachers.