Sunday school
Americannoun
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a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
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the members of such a school.
noun
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a school for the religious instruction of children on Sundays, usually held in a church hall and formerly also providing secular education
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( as modifier )
a Sunday-school outing
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the members of such a school
Etymology
Origin of Sunday school
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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The Muslim house of worship was a Pakistani Sunday school operating out of a warehouse in Lorton, Virginia.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
He’s held onto those letters for decades, from a women’s Bible study group, a Sunday school class, and a man who offered to paint his house for free.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026
As a girl, Petrou was studious and strong-willed; in a 2018 profile in The Wall Street Journal, her mother recalled Petrou getting into a heated “intellectual disputation” with their rabbi at Sunday school.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
A Baptist Sunday school teacher, Carter was among the first presidential candidates to embrace the label of born-again Christian.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024
The earliest memory I have is of a woman who picked me up on Sunday mornings to take me to Sunday school.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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