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View synonyms for Sunday school

Sunday school

noun

  1. a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
  2. the members of such a school.


Sunday school

noun

    1. a school for the religious instruction of children on Sundays, usually held in a church hall and formerly also providing secular education
    2. ( as modifier )

      a Sunday-school outing

  1. the members of such a school
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Sunday school1

First recorded in 1775–85
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Example Sentences

His visions of a merry riot were all fled, and he was listening with the eagerness of a decorous Sunday-school child.

Kate had to repeat the oration a dozen times; and he said it after her, like a Sunday-school scholar, till he had it pat.

The brethren here have no Sunday-school; but the establishment of one is contemplated, and it may be in time fairly attended.

From her nineteenth year she devoted her only day of rest, the Sabbath, to the task of teaching in a Sunday-school.

Our Sunday-school gave a treat on Christmas night, and the church was very handsomely decorated.

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