Ly|ce|um

Ly|ce|um «ly SEE uhm, LY see-», noun.

1. an ancient outdoor grove and gymnasium near Athens, here Aristotle taught.

2. the Aristotelian school of philosophy.

╂[< Latin Lycēum < Greek Lýkeion (from the nearby temple of Apollo lýkeios). See etym. of doublet lycée. (Cf. ↑lycée)]

ly|ce|um «ly SEE uhm, LY see-», noun.

1. a place where popular lectures are given; lecture hall.

2. an association for instruction and entertainment through lectures, debates, and concerts, popular during the middle part of the 1800's: »

Their appearances were scheduled by one or another of several lyceum bureaus (Emory S. Bogardus).

3. = lycée. (Cf. ↑lycée)

╂[< Lyceum]