church school

church school
noun
a private religious school run by a church or parish
• Syn: ↑parochial school
• Hypernyms: ↑religious school
• Hyponyms: ↑Catholic school

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noun
1.
a. : a school providing a general education but supported by a particular church in contrast to one supported by the public authority or a nondenominational private school
b. Britain : a school providing a general education but in which denominational religious teaching is also given and where certain rights are vested in a board of managers composed of church people with the incumbent of the parish as chairman
2. : an organization of officers, teachers, and pupils for purposes of moral and religious education under the supervision of a local church

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a primary or secondary private school affiliated with a Christian denomination.
[1860-65]

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church school noun
1. A school controlled or run by a church
2. An organization for religious education run by a church (N American)
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Main Entry: ↑church

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church school UK US noun [countable] [singular church school plural church schools]
a school that is connected with a church and gets some of its money from the church
Thesaurus: schoolshyponym

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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