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An ancient Greek temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A public hall designed for lectures, readings, or concerts.
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Usage: historical
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noun
A school, especially European, at a stage between elementary school and college, a lycée.
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Usage: US, historical
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noun
An association for literary improvement.
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noun
a public hall for lectures and concerts
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Broader terms: hall
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a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: secondary school, lycee, Gymnasium, middle school
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Broader terms: school
Narrower terms: academy, trade school, vocational school, senior high school, senior high, high, highschool, high school, junior high school, junior high, preparatory school, prep school, public school, grammar school, secondary modern school, comprehensive school, composite school
History
Learned borrowing from Latin Lycēum, from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion). Doublet of lyceum and lycée.
From Latin Lyceum, from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion) (the name of a gymnasium, or athletic training facility, near Athens where Aristotle established his school), from Λύκειος, from Proto-Greek *λύκη), "light." The meaning of the epithet "Lyceus" later became associated with Apollo's mother Leto, who was the patron goddess of Lycia (Λυκία) and who was identified with the wolf (λύκος). Doublet of lycée and Lyceum.
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