Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a gymnasium or classical school; hence, as applied to schools and education, classical as opposed to technical: as, gymnasial teachers; a gymnasial plan of study.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to an
academic gymnasium .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"gymnasial" students, in the present Vatican Seminary; and a greater, for philosophers and theologians, in the new Lateran building.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The gymnasial course is a completed phase of training.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 Various
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He took his gymnasial course in the college of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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This circle also included the gymnasial teachers, (whom she incited to the deeper study of Plato),
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Up to his thirteenth year he spoke only French, so that he had to learn German from a German priest in the vicinity before he was able to begin his gymnasial studies in the boarding-school kept by the Jesuits at Brig in Switzerland.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Trier, which has a regent, 7 clerical professors, and 220 students, and the gymnasial seminaries for boys at Trier and Pr m.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Raich pursued his gymnasial studies under the Benedictines at St. Stephen's at Augsburg, and studied philosophy and theology at the Collegium Germanicum at Rome (1852-5).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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A house of studies for gymnasial students called the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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He took his gymnasial studies and philosophy at Dillingen, then from 1845 studied theology at the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Especially noteworthy among the men who of late years have been reconciled to the Church are the former gymnasial rector
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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