residential school

American  

[rez-i-den-shuhl skool, rez-i-den-shuhl skool] / ˌrɛz ɪˈdɛn ʃəl ˌskul, ˈrɛz ɪˌdɛn ʃəl ˈskul /

noun

1. a boarding school, especially one for delinquent or disabled children or youth.

   They recommended placing our daughter in a residential school for troubled teens.

2. (formerly) one of a network of boarding schools in Canada for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students, typically founded and operated by a church or religious order and eventually receiving partial or full funding by the federal government.

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residential school British  

noun

1. (in Canada) a boarding school maintained by the Canadian government for Indian and Inuit children from sparsely populated settlements

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Etymology

Origin of residential school

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

The Pope was "quite empathetic" hearing the story of a woman abused at a Catholic residential school for Indigenous children in Canada, and "tender" about Hickey's own experience, they added.

From BBC

Former pupils at a residential school caring for vulnerable young people have said they were ignored when reporting claims of abuse.

From BBC

“Sugarcane” is a sobering account of the abuses that Indigenous children suffered at a government-funded residential school in Canada that was run by the Catholic Church.

From Los Angeles Times

When news broke three years ago about the discovery of more than 200 potential unmarked graves on the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children in British Columbia, Emily Kassie immediately felt “gut-pulled” to the story, which rippled through an entire network of Catholic-run institutions across North America.

From Los Angeles Times

An inquiry into alleged historical abuse at a former residential school has been declared a “critical incident” by Police Scotland.

From BBC