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

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

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.

The Strassburg Literary Society f�ted him, and Johannes Sapidus, headmaster of the Latin school at Schlettstadt, rode with him into Basel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

Karl went to the Latin school, where he was received free, so the boys were separated almost all day, nor did they even study together when he came home.

From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne

He entered the Boston Latin school in 1738, and probably commenced his military career, which he afterwards followed near the commencement of the French and Indian war, when about twenty-five years old.

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