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

He was then sent to the Latin school, where he soon made a very considerable progress, and was greatly beloved of his master.

From Stories of Boys and Girls Who Loved the Saviour A Token for Children by James Janeway

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

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden

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

He used to sing as a chorister with the boys of the Latin school of the parish of St. George, where Fritz and he studied.

From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Elizabeth Rundle Charles