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classical college

British

noun

(in Quebec) a college offering a programme that emphasizes the classics and leads to university entrance

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Although Assumption is a classical college, its regular instructors are all Catholic priests and Assumptionist Fathers.

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There is no classical college or university that teaches anything about the soil, not one single thing.

From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress

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