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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Gymnasium \Gym*na"si*um\n.; pl. E. {Gymnasiums}, L. {Gymnasia}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to exercise (naked), fr. [?] naked.] 1. A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics. 2. A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind. More like ordinary schools of gymnasia than universities. --Hallam. | |
