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

And the Latin school had shared the fate of the city.

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

In 1526 the wise and noble-hearted Melanchthon came to Nuremberg to establish a Protestant Latin school, and formed a close intimacy with the master, whose tender and dreamy spirit was so like his own.

From Dürer Artist-Biographies by Sweetser, M. F.

After attending a Latin school in his home town, he became a student at the University of Leipzig.

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin

After receiving an excellent education, he became rector of a Latin school at Helsingør, the Elsinore of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and later was appointed to a pastorate in the same city.

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