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

After attending a Latin school in his home town, he became a student at the University of Leipzig.

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin

It has a Roman Catholic and a Protestant church, ruins of a feudal castle, a Latin school, and a monument to Gutenberg.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

The Strassburg Literary Society f�ted him, and Johannes Sapidus, headmaster of the Latin school at Schlettstadt, rode with him into Basel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

At the age of thirteen he was sent to the Latin school at Penolopen, then presided over by the Rev. Alexander Mitchell, to prepare for college.

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) by Freneau, Philip