extramural
involving representatives of more than one school: extramural athletics.
outside the walls or boundaries, as of a city or town or a university: extramural teaching; an extramural church.: Compare intramural (defs. 1, 2).
Origin of extramural
1Other words from extramural
- ex·tra·mu·ral·ly, adverb
Words Nearby extramural
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How to use extramural in a sentence
Acton had been in the great city for two days, lodged in an extramural inn established by a Greek.
Snnica | Vicente Blasco IbezIt is in these extramural regions that the interest mostly lies for epidemical diseases.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles CreightonHavana has two quarters, the intramural and the extramural; the former lies along the bay.
There are low extramural mounds to the north, showing that on this side the dwellings were composed of straggling chambers.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 | Jesse Walter FewkesThe features of every day were things per se, not capable of comparison with casual extramural samples.
When Ghost Meets Ghost | William Frend De Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for extramural
/ (ˌɛkstrəˈmjʊərəl) /
connected with but outside the normal courses or programme of a university, college, etc: extramural studies
located beyond the boundaries or walls of a city, castle, etc
Derived forms of extramural
- extramurally, adverb
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