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

Example Sentences

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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

Little Peter should be what Peer felt HE was not, an educated man, so the lad was sent to the Latin school.

From The Fisher Girl by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson

After graduating from this department, he became a teacher at a Latin school and some years later, a pastor of the large Garrison Church in Copenhagen, where he remained until his death in 1851.

From Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark by J. C. (Jens Christian) Aaberg

Three years later he became rector of the Latin school at Düsseldorf.

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden

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 Ernest Edwin Ryden