GYMNASIUM

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.

2.
n.

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.


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