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

Reverend Holbeck personally taught the boys until Nicolaj, and a year later, Broder and Hans Adolph were prepared to enter the Latin school at Ribe.

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

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?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne

These bright years of his happy childhood were somewhat darkened, however, when, at the age of six, he entered the Danish and, two years later, the Latin school of his home town.

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

It also possesses a Latin school, an arsenal, and a modern prison built on the isolated-cell principle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various