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

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 Charles, Elizabeth Rundle

Having graduated from the Latin school there in 1806, Ingemann entered the University of Copenhagen in the fall of the same year.

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

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

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin

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