Definition of school

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School (n.) The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age; as, he was a gentleman of the old school..

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Common :: Common (v.) Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer..
Palestra :: Palestra (n.) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general..
Barringout :: Barringout (n.) The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools.
School :: School (n.) An assemblage of scholars; those who attend upon instruction in a school of any kind; a body of pupils.
Skull :: Skull (n.) A school, company, or shoal..
Schoolboy :: Schoolboy (n.) A boy belonging to, or attending, a school..
Reserve :: Reserve (n.) A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy..
Schoolhouse :: Schoolhouse (n.) A house appropriated for the use of a school or schools, or for instruction..
Term :: Term (n.) In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms..
Schoolfellow :: Schoolfellow (n.) One bred at the same school; an associate in school.
Schoolroom :: Schoolroom (n.) A room in which pupils are taught.
School :: School (n.) The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honors are held.
Schoolship :: Schoolship (n.) A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners..
Institution :: Institution (n.) The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school..
Occasionalism :: Occasionalism (n.) The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body..
Supervisor :: Supervisor (n.) One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools..
Final :: Final (a.) Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term..
Matron :: Matron (n.) A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital..
Tuition :: Tuition (n.) Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough..
Primary :: Primary (a.) First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools..
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