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

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Latin school

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

When I grew older, my parents sent me to the Latin school at Lubeck.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav

Thomas Amory, son of the former, was born in Boston April 23, 1722, and entered the Latin school in 1735, and graduated at Harvard College in 1741.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.

In addition to these there were two teachers of a Latin school and several unofficial instructors.

From Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York by Goodwin, Maud Wilder

At the age of six years he entered the Latin school of his native city, and ten years later became a student of the school in Frederiksborg.

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin