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. 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

2. the members of such a school

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sunday school¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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

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

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

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