collegiate institute

American  

noun

1. (in Canada) a fully accredited high school teaching academic subjects under the supervision of a provincial government.

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collegiate institute British  

noun

1. (in certain provinces) a large secondary school with an academic, rather than vocational, emphasis

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collegiate institute

The collegiate institute and provincial normal school add to its educational importance.

From Canada West by Canada. Dept. of the interior

It is the oldest collegiate institute in the State, having been chartered in 1833, and was designed from the outset for both sexes.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Arriving in Philadelphia about nine o'clock the next day, Mr. Billy ate a hasty breakfast and proceeded to the little collegiate institute in which Robert had once been a professor, as the reader will remember.

From A Man of Honor by George Cary Eggleston

President Currier, of the collegiate institute, had a daughter, Miss Nellie, who wanted to study Latin more than anything else in the world.

From A Man of Honor by George Cary Eggleston

Oberlin College, which began as a collegiate institute in 1833, was in 1850 chartered as a college.

From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Alice Freeman Palmer

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