Latin school

American  

noun

1. a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.

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Etymology

Origin of Latin school

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

In his earlier job at Boston Latin school, Emery sent along scores of young men to Ivy League schools.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

At eleven years of age, when Emerson was in the Latin school at Boston, he used to send his translations, generally poetic, to Sarah Bradford for criticism.

From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

It also possesses a Latin school, an arsenal, and a modern prison built on the isolated-cell principle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

Three years later he became rector of the Latin school at Düsseldorf.

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin

Having graduated from the Latin school there in 1806, Ingemann entered the University of Copenhagen in the fall of the same year.

From Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark by Aaberg, J. C. (Jens Christian)