Catholic school
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈkæθlɪk skuːl/
:
colegio católico
- But most Catholic schools, particularly on the Eastern seaboard, all had outstanding basketball teams.
- attend Catholic school
- Roman Catholic school
- public and Catholic schools
But yeah, I went to an all girls Catholic school.
- But yeah, I went to an all girls Catholic school.
- He sent them to Northern Catholic schools.
- And I went to Catholic school, elementary school, which is about a mile and a half away.
- That idea was nowhere and my family, it was nowhere in the Catholic school I went to.
- We went to a Catholic school where we had nuns like dressed in habits and stuff like that.
- But most Catholic schools, particularly on the Eastern seaboard, all had outstanding basketball teams.
- I went to Catholic school for kindergarten and then my mom and stepdad sort of just focused on other things.
- I went to Catholic school and, well, there you go.
- When we also though we we went to Catholic school.
- I went Catholic school in my entire life.
- You went the Catholic school, right?
- Also from the all boys Catholic school and he was such a nice boy, but I just, it just wasn't there.
- But we did get free tuition at the Catholic school, all four of us, Agatha Krishna, me, Nikhil and Narayan religion.
Examples
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Ontario provides educational services through both public and Catholic schools and school boards.
Academic text (2007) -
I fled the South to take a job as a teacher at a Catholic school.
Fiction book (1990) -
I went to Catholic school and, well, there you go.
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Do you think going to an all girls Catholic school mess you up in any way?
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Would you send your kids to Catholic school after?
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Okay, you know how I went to Catholic school, right?
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When I was a kid I went to this private catholic school
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I go to a Catholic school, but it's not like they turn you into one.
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We went to a Catholic school where we had nuns like dressed in habits and stuff like that.
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I live in a rural area where the nearest Catholic school is 25 miles away.
Synonyms
12
3.9
A private primary or secondary school run by a local church that gives religious lessons
11
2.8
A school run by a church, mosque, or temple that teaches faith and regular subjects
2
2.8
A private school run by a church that teaches religion and regular subjects
How Religious
49
1.1
- US
12
3.9
11
2.8
- US
305
1.0
1
5.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: the adjective 'Catholic' modifies 'school', so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a school associated with the Catholic Church (likely offering religious as well as general education). This adjective+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard noun phrase semantics, making the expression immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Catholic school comes from schools run by the Catholic Church, where priests or nuns taught both religion and regular subjects. So Catholic school 'means' a school run by the Catholic Church.