an institution for popular education providing discussions, lectures, concerts, etc.
a building for such activities.
(initial capital letter) the gymnasium where Aristotle taught, in ancient Athens.
a lycée.
a public building for concerts, lectures, etc
a cultural organization responsible for presenting concerts, lectures, etc
another word for lycée
a school and sports ground of ancient Athens: site of Aristotle's discussions with his pupils
the Aristotelian school of philosophy
First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin Lycēum, Lycīum, from Greek Lýkeion place in Athens, so named from the neighboring temple of Apollo; noun use of neuter of lýkeios, epithet of Apollo, variously explained
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When someone asked about “pét nat” wines—short for pétillant naturel, a trendy sparkling variety—one young techie pulled faces that would trigger expulsion from a Swiss lyceum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
He won his baccalaureate, and for four years taught history at a lyceum in Hanoi.
From Time Magazine Archive
In our community they formed a lyceum, and among the questions discussed was this: Which is preferable, city or country life?
From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon
Russian statesman, cousin of Princes Petr and Mikhail Gorchakov, was born on the 16th of July 1798, and was educated at the lyceum of Tsarskoye Selo, where he had the poet Pushkin as a school-fellow.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
Besides carrying through many difficult negotiations, he founded the lyceum of Braunsberg, which became the centre of the Roman Catholic mission among Protestants.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
Haig began writing a version of the script shortly after the play debuted at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh in May 2014.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The play opened on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre in 2001, directed by Jack O’Brien.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2025
At the Lyceum, Lincoln urged that the country’s growing mobocratic spirit be replaced by “cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason”; that “reverence for the laws . . . become the political religion of the nation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
Sheffield Theatres is the organisation that runs the Crucible, the Lyceum Theatre, the Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse and theatre and arts centre, the Montgomery.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
He was just coming out of the Lyceum.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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