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Synonyms for lyceum

Grammar : Noun
Spell : lahy-see-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : laɪˈsi əm

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Définition of lyceum

Origin :
  • 1580s, Latin form of Greek lykeion, name of a grove or garden with covered walks near Athens where Aristotle taught, from neuter of Lykeios "wolf-slayer," an epithet of Apollo, whose temple was nearby, from lykos "wolf." Hence lycée, name given in France to state-run secondary schools. In England, early 19c., lyceum was the name taken by a number of literary societies; in U.S., after c.1820, it was the name of institutes that sponsored popular lectures in science and literature.
  • As in college : noun institution of higher education
  • As in hall : noun room for large affairs
Example sentences :
  • I am going, I replied, from the Academy straight to the Lyceum.
  • Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato
  • In Barton we knitted while we talked, and at the Lyceum lectures.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 » by Various
  • But still I do not understand why it should always be the Lyceum.
  • Extract from : « Novel Notes » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • "Now you are talking like a heroine of Lyceum drama," he said.
  • Extract from : « The Green Rust » by Edgar Wallace
  • Fred Archer sent him originally to the stage door at the Lyceum.
  • Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. » by Various
  • I tell him "that either Francis comes to the lyceum or that I go to rejoin him at the hospital."
  • Extract from : « Sac-Au-Dos » by Joris Karl Huysmans
  • We're going down to Sherry's for dinner and then over to the Lyceum.
  • Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
  • Theophrastus, successor of Aristotle at the Lyceum, Athens (p. 70).
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • Four years later the boy, being then in the lyceum, read over the MSS.
  • Extract from : « Cuore (Heart) » by Edmondo De Amicis
  • We held no more singing schools—the "Lyceum" had taken its place.
  • Extract from : « A Son of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
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