Lyceum
WordNet

noun


(1)   A public hall for lectures and concerts
(2)   A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
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Etymology


< Λύκειος ("Lycian" or "wolf-killer").

Noun



  1. A public hall designed for lectures or concerts.
  2. A school at a stage between elementary school and college.

Quotations


public hall
  • 1875, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 414
    In the autumn he was to return home; his family - composed, as Rowland knew, of a father, who was a cashier in a bank, and five unmarried sisters, one of whom gave lyceum lectures on woman's rights, the whole resident at Buffalo, N.Y. - had been writing him peremptory letters and appealing to him as son, brother and fellow-citizen.
 
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