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church school

American  

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of church school

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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When Cecilia was 12, they moved to London, and Cecilia was enrolled in a church school.

From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2023

The local church, school, businesses and homes were converted to run on HVO as part of a trial by local fuel distributor Mitchell and Webber.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2023

Comer, a majority of justices in 2017 said Missouri could not ban a church school from requesting a grant from a state program that rehabilitated playgrounds.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2020

The California cases call upon the high court to clarify a unanimous decision in 2012 that tossed out a disability-discrimination suit brought by a “called” teacher at a Lutheran church school.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2019

I continued at the church school, despite Aunt Addie’s never calling upon me to recite or go to the blackboard.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright