collegiate institute
Americannoun
noun
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It is the oldest collegiate institute in the State, having been chartered in 1833, and was designed from the outset for both sexes.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Oberlin College, which began as a collegiate institute in 1833, was in 1850 chartered as a college.
From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman
In consequence of these changes we shall hereafter be deprived of your valuable assistance in the collegiate institute.
From A Man of Honor by Eggleston, George Cary
He knew next to nobody in or about Philadelphia outside the precincts of the collegiate institute, and to hunt up acquaintances inside that institution was naturally enough not exactly to his taste.
From A Man of Honor by Eggleston, George Cary
The collegiate institute and provincial normal school add to its educational importance.
From Canada West by Canada. Dept. of the interior
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