Latin school

American  

noun

1. a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.

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Etymology

Origin of Latin school

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

He used to sing as a chorister with the boys of the Latin school of the parish of St. George, where Fritz and he studied.

From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle

It also possesses a Latin school, an arsenal, and a modern prison built on the isolated-cell principle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

At eleven years of age, when Emerson was in the Latin school at Boston, he used to send his translations, generally poetic, to Sarah Bradford for criticism.

From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

As an administrator also he showed ability, and the foundation of a Latin school and several churches in Batavia is to be ascribed to him.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

Karl went to the Latin school, where he was received free, so the boys were separated almost all day, nor did they even study together when he came home.

From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne