church school
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of church school
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Others want to keep the uniform "because of our status as a church school and to respect the church when we visit," she added.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2025
When Cecilia was 12, they moved to London, and Cecilia was enrolled in a church school.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2023
Comer, a majority of justices in 2017 said Missouri could not ban a church school from requesting a grant from a state program that rehabilitated playgrounds.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2020
The California cases call upon the high court to clarify a unanimous decision in 2012 that tossed out a disability-discrimination suit brought by a “called” teacher at a Lutheran church school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2019
I continued at the church school, despite Aunt Addie’s never calling upon me to recite or go to the blackboard.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
