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A meeting where everyone pretends to have done the reading.
means A small class or group session where students and experts discuss a topic rather than just listen to a lecture.
from From Latin seminarium, a seed-plot or nursery, from semen, seed — the idea being a place where young minds are cultivated and grown.
Garden rootsSame Latin seed that grew seminary and disseminate.
German exportThe academic seminar was pioneered in 19th-century German universities.
Size mattersDefined by smallness; a packed hall is just a lecture.