Definition of school

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School (n.) A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets..

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Scholastic :: Scholastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy..
Schoolward :: Schoolward (adv.) Toward school.
Quadrangle :: Quadrangle (n.) A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public school in England..
Schoolmaid :: Schoolmaid (n.) A schoolgirl.
Palestra :: Palestra (n.) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general..
Methodist :: Methodist (n.) One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory.
Form :: Form (n.) A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society..
School :: School (n.) A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets..
Undergraduate :: Undergraduate (n.) A member of a university or a college who has not taken his first degree; a student in any school who has not completed his course.
Pedant :: Pedant (n.) A schoolmaster; a pedagogue.
Gymnasium :: Gymnasium (n.) A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind.
Preceptor :: Preceptor (n.) One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor..
Preceptress :: Preceptress (n.) A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.
Academical :: Academical (a.) Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy..
Monogenetic :: Monogenetic (a.) Relating to, or involving, monogenesis; as, the monogenetic school of physiologists, who admit but one cell as the source of all beings..
Valentinian :: Valentinian (n.) One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; -- so called from Valentinus, the founder..
Polytechnic :: Polytechnic (a.) Comprehending, or relating to, many arts and sciences; -- applied particularly to schools in which many branches of art and science are taught with especial reference to their practical application; also to exhibitions of machinery and industrial products..
Eleatic :: Eleatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason..
Antagonist :: Antagonist (a.) Antagonistic; opposing; counteracting; as, antagonist schools of philosophy..
Matron :: Matron (n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital..
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