athenaeum

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Everything that has been done in any other athenaeum, I confidently expect to see done here; and when that shall be the case, and when there shall be great cheap schools in connexion with the institution, and when it has bound together for ever all its friends, and brought over to itself all those who look upon it as an objectionable institution, -- then, and not till then,

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  1. noun An institution, such as a literary club or scientific academy, for the promotion of learning.
  2. noun A place, such as a library, where printed materials are available for reading.

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  • In the first years of settlement, the twenty-five founding families had worked together to construct the buildings of the Commons: the self-reliance school, athenaeum, communion lodge, town hall and Littleton's first exchange, where goods and services could be bought or bartered. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • Everything that has been done in any other athenaeum, I confidently expect to see done here; and when that shall be the case, and when there shall be great cheap schools in connexion with the institution, and when it has bound together for ever all its friends, and brought over to itself all those who look upon it as an objectionable institution,--then, and not till then, I hope the young men of Glasgow will rest from their labours, and think their study done If the young men of Glasgow want any stimulus or encouragement in this wise, they have one beside them in the presence of their fair townswomen, which is irresistible. —  Speeches: Literary and Social
  • Everything that has been done in any other athenaeum, I confidently expect to see done here; and when that shall be the case, and when there shall be great cheap schools in connexion with the institution, and when it has bound together for ever all its friends, and brought over to itself all those who look upon it as an objectionable institution, -- then, and not till then, —  Speeches: Literary and Social
  • Besides numerous other places of worship, there are a handsome town hall, athenaeum and museum, art gallery and public library, various assembly rooms, and several recreation grounds. —  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
  • He offered him a whole square next to that where the college, the courthouse, the church, the library, the athenaeum, and all the public buildings were situated .... —  Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers
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  1. Late Latin Athēnaeum, a Roman school, after Greek Athēnaion, the temple of Athena, from Athēna, Athena.
 

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