lyceum : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lyceum	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lyceum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lyceum n a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 Synonym(s): secondary school, lyceum, lycee, Gymnasium, middle school a public hall for lectures and concerts
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lyceum \Ly*ce"um\, n.; pl. E. {Lyceums}, L. {Lycea}. [L. lyceum, Gr. [?], so named after the neighboring temple of [?] [?] Apollo the wolf slayer, prob. fr. [?] belonging to a wolf, fr [?] wolf. See {Wolf}.] 1. A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy. 2. A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions. 3. A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the university. 4. An association for debate and literary improvement.