Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- As a seed, germ, or reproductive element; as regards germs or germination.
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- adverb   In a seminal way.
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Examples
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								It was only many years later that I realized how seminally important Anthony's rash decision to get rid of hishair-halo was in the annalsof Rock Fashion. Binky Philips: Bay City Rollers, Richard Hell, Aretha Franklin, Tom Verlaine, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Humble Pie, and My Friend, Anthony Jones Binky Philips 2011 
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								To go on, your "go live in insert predominately Muslim country here" is seminally un-American, and typical of the fearful hate mongering of the American Neo-Fascists. Religion scholar Karen Armstrong comes to Fort Worth and KERA | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009 
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								Ever the good cop, Gordon took care of the second hour of the meeting, leading the more than 20-strong group of reporters through a round of Beth Kanter's seminally informative Social Media Game. 
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								To go on, your "go live in insert predominately Muslim country here" is seminally un-American, and typical of the fearful hate mongering of the American Neo-Fascists. Religion scholar Karen Armstrong comes to Fort Worth and KERA | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009 
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								MOHSEN KADIVAR, DUKE UNIVERSITY: He should repair the trust of the people, in one hand; and, also, he needs the support of grand ayatollahs of Qom seminally (ph), in the other hand. 
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								At that time, Judge Edward Kaufman seminally declared that Steel's efforts had "already caused [the child] anxiety, nightmares and psychological harm" and that, for the girl, "a declaration of paternity would be a statement that her family is other than what she knows it to be and needs it to be." 
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								The image of the boyish Al Pacino vanquishing his enemies (every young boy's fantasy) seminally registered with a fantasist like Christopher. 
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								Community of Practice (CoP) was coined and seminally described by Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger (see Wikipedia article; see historical description). 
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								There are probably three seminally relevant shapers of geek culture: Star Wars creator George Lucas, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, and Gary Gygax. Archive 2008-03-01 2008 
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								The work of economists Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen and Herman Daly was also seminally important in the development of ecological economics. 
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