lyceum

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ly·ce·um

(lī-sē′əm)

1. A hall in which public lectures, concerts, and similar programs are presented.

2. An organization sponsoring public programs and entertainment.

3. A lycée.

[Latin Lycēum, from Greek Lukeion, the name of a grove with athletic training grounds near Athens in which Aristotle taught, from Lukeios, epithet of Apollo (to whom the grove was sacred), of unknown meaning.]

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lyceum

(laɪˈsɪəm)

(now chiefly in the names of buildings) n

1. a public building for concerts, lectures, etc

2. US a cultural organization responsible for presenting concerts, lectures, etc

3. (Education) another word for lycée

Lyceum

(laɪˈsɪəm)

1. (Placename) a school and sports ground of ancient Athens: site of Aristotle's discussions with his pupils

2. (Placename) the Aristotelian school of philosophy

[from Greek Lukeion, named after a temple nearby dedicated to Apollo Lukeios, an epithet of unknown origin]

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ly•ce•um

(laɪˈsi əm)

n.

1. an institution for popular education, providing discussions, lectures, concerts, etc.

2. a building for such activities.

3. (cap.) a gymnasium near ancient Athens, where Aristotle established a school.

4. lycée.

[1570–80; < Latin Lycēum, Lycīum < Greek Lýkeion place in Athens, so named from the neighboring temple of Apollo; n. use of neuter of lýkeios, epithet of Apollo]

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Noun	1.	lyceum - a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 Gymnasium, lycee, middle school, secondary school school - an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900" academy - a secondary school (usually private) trade school, vocational school - a secondary school teaching the skilled trades high school, highschool, senior high, senior high school, high - a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool" junior high, junior high school - a secondary school usually including 7th and 8th grades prep school, preparatory school - a private secondary school public school - private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuition grammar school - a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college secondary modern school - a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education composite school, comprehensive school - a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities
	2.	lyceum - a public hall for lectures and concerts hall - a large building for meetings or entertainment

Translations

λύκειο

circolo culturale

lyceum

[laɪˈsiːəm] N → liceo m

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'Double', 'half','greater', fall under the category of relation; 'in a the market place', 'in the Lyceum', under that of place; 'yesterday', 'last year', under that of time.

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We have a comparatively decent system of common schools, schools for infants only; but excepting the half-starved Lyceum in the winter, and latterly the puny beginning of a library suggested by the State, no school for ourselves.

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I have formed the belief that the man who applauds that air with special violence and ostensible sectional loyalty is invariably a native of either Secaucus, N.J., or the district between Murray Hill Lyceum and the Harlem River, this city.

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'Be at the third pillar from the left outside the Lyceum Theatre to- night at seven o'clock.

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That lyceum has ruined him," she added, remembering the insistence with which the chevalier had spoken of the evils of education in such schools.

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You get me a stall for the Lyceum at the nearest agent's; there are two or three in High Street; and say it was given you when you come in.

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Within the walls then view The schools of ancient sages--his who bred Great Alexander to subdue the world, Lyceum there; and painted Stoa next.

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With their standard the Lyceum would have been a sort of second-rate booth, as some of the popular theatres in London are at present.

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Bon-Bon had ransacked libraries which no other man had ransacked - had more than any other would have entertained a notion of reading- had understood more than any other would have conceived the possibility of understanding; and although, while he flourished, there were not wanting some authors at Rouen to assert "that his dicta evinced neither the purity of the Academy, nor the depth of the Lyceum" - although, mark me, his doctrines were by no means very generally comprehended, still it did not follow that they were difficult of comprehension.

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Of course I could teach the children, I finished the sixth class of the Lyceum; but the real object was, that I should carry some important papers across the frontier.

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I did not see why the lyceum should not present its tax bill, and have the State to back its demand, as well as the Church.

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From 1857 to 1860 he filled many engagements in the lyceums, chiefly speaking of his adventures in the South Seas.