Sunday school
noun
a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
Sunday schools
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pluralof Sunday school.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In America, Bundism dissolved into socialist Sunday schools, a summer camp and academic leftism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
She also promoted the temperance movement, spoke out about lynching and other injustices, and worked to empower Black women and young people through women’s clubs and Sunday schools.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
The visit was such a success that Thomas Cook repeated it over several summers on behalf of Sunday schools which laid the foundations for the business.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2019
Urban women could undertake benevolent activities through Sunday schools, Bible and tract societies, orphanages, poor relief, and religious missions, and they also pressed for public schools in cities such as Charleston, Mobile, and Natchez.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
They say that it will do more good than all the Sunday schools in Chicago.
From A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
