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Lyceum definition

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A hall in which public lectures, concerts, and similar programs are presented.
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An organization sponsoring public programs and entertainment.
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A lycée.
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A hall where public lectures or discussions are held.
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An organization presenting public lectures, concerts, etc.
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(place) The grove at Athens where Aristotle taught.
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A public hall designed for lectures or concerts.
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(US) A school at a stage between elementary school and college.
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Noun

Singular:
lyceum
Plural:
lyceums

Origin of lyceum

  • Latin Lycēum from Greek Lukeion the name of a grove with athletic training grounds near Athens in which Aristotle taught from Lukeios epithet of Apollo (to whom the grove was sacred), of unknown meaning

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lukeion) (the name of a gymnasium, or athletic training facility, near Athens where Aristotle established his school), from Λύκειος ("Lycian" or "wolf-killer").

    From Wiktionary

Lyceum Sentence Examples

  • There are an episcopal lyceum, a clerical seminary, a classical and a modern school, and numerous religious houses.

  • He was the son of a banker of Dauphiny, and after receiving his early education at a lyceum, was sent in 1813 to the Ecole Polytechnique.

  • On leaving the lyceum Gorchakov entered the foreign office under Count Nesselrode.

  • But I soon discovered that college was not quite the romantic lyceum I had imagined.

  • It has a town hall with handsome rooms, a library, a gymnasium, a lyceum, elementary schools, an arsenal, and eleven churches, the finest of which is St Martin's, of the 15th century, with many excellent paintings and a tower 300 ft.

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