church school

noun

1. a primary or secondary private school affiliated with a Christian denomination.

Word History and Origins

Origin of church school¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

It originated in the idea of rewarding, after a religious fashion, the most deserving choir-boy or scholar of the church-school.

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Many people feel that the purpose of the church school is to transmit the content of the Christian faith.

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Some of his educational responsibility is delegated to the organization known as the church school.

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They have everything any church school has, and probably more than most church schools, for what I want.

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Parents were suspicious of a non-sectarian school, the idea of which was so contrary to that of the traditional church-school.

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