residential school

[ rez-i-den-shuhl skool ]

/ ˈrɛz ɪˌdɛn ʃəl ˈskul /

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noun

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

(formerly, in Canada) one of a network of boarding schools for Native American, Inuit, and Métis students, operated by the federal government in partnership with a church or religious order.

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Origin of residential school

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby residential school

resident, resident alien, resident commissioner, residential, residential care, residential school, residentiary, residents association, re-siding, residual, residual abscess

How to use residential school in a sentence

In recent weeks, over 1,000 unmarked graves for Indigenous children have been discovered at former residential schools in Canada—and a wave of anger is sweeping over the nation as it confronts its dark past.
Statue of the Queen Toppled as Canadians Protest the Mass Graves of Indigenous Children|Jamie Ross|July 2, 2021|The Daily Beast
South of the Canadian border, hundreds and perhaps thousands of children are believed to have died in church- and government-run residential schools in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Hey, Teacher! Indigenous School Wrongs Are Global|Kate Bartlett|June 23, 2021|Ozy
Pratt’s MaximCanada’s system of residential schools for First Nations children has its roots in America’s Indigenous boarding schools.
Hey, Teacher! Indigenous School Wrongs Are Global|Kate Bartlett|June 23, 2021|Ozy
An Indigenous Canadian group announced plans Saturday to identify the remains of 215 children, some as young as three, found buried at the site of a former residential school, per CBC News.
Renewed calls for Catholic Church apology after mass grave of Indigenous children found in Canada|Rebecca Falconer|May 30, 2021|Axios

The pandemic sent his residential school in Massachusetts into lockdown last March.
The toll pandemic isolation took on me and my autistic son|Lisa Wolfson|May 1, 2021|Quartz
Although Huckabee's condescending tone - like that of an elementary school history teacher - makes it difficult to take seriously.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And then I did teachers all throughout elementary school and junior high for my friends.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Author J.K. Rowling says all religions are present at her beloved wizard school—except Wiccans.
Harry Potter and the Torah of Terror|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
One was a Quaker school, whose name he can no longer recall, in upstate New York.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
All my musical studies till now have been a mere going to school, a preparation for him.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
I ask for half a dozen projectors or so in every school, and for a well-stocked storehouse of films.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He was the most distinguished representative of the English school of composition, and was knighted in 1842.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Y was a Youth, that did not love school; Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
The child who has got languages from its governess, therefore, marks time—that is to say, wastes time in these subjects at school.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

British Dictionary definitions for residential school

residential school

noun

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

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