collegiate institute

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noun

(in Canada) a fully accredited high school teaching academic subjects under the supervision of a provincial government.

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Words nearby collegiate institute

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How to use collegiate institute in a sentence

He rebuffed calls to institute the death penalty, and his last term as governor ended in his defeat.
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Near the end of my time with Hitchcock, the American Film Institute is preparing to honor him with their Life Achievement Award.
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The scene was the Imperial Institute, and the meetings lasted till July the 9th.
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Mr. Garnett is a graduate of Oneida Institute, a speaker of great pathetic eloquence, and has written several valuable pamphlets.
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We as heretofore, have been on the extreme; either no qualification at all, or a Collegiate education.
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He always liked you better than any one; do you know that he has a picture of you taken when we went to the Institute?
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The library of the Institute, however, is only open to foreigners and the members of the Institute.
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British Dictionary definitions for collegiate institute

collegiate institute

noun

Canadian (in certain provinces) a large secondary school with an academic, rather than vocational, emphasis

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