church school
Americannoun
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
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