parochial school
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3.9
- noun
- /pəˈroʊkiəl skuːl/
- US
:
colegio parroquial
- She was released from parochial school.
- private parochial school
- Catholic parochial school
- attend a parochial school
If it's through a private parochial school, through a voucher, I'm OK as long as kids are getting the education that they need.
- If it's through a private parochial school, through a voucher, I'm OK as long as kids are getting the education that they need.
Examples
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At the last stage, the Polish school functions just like any other parochial school in America.
Academic text (1994) -
I'm a nice Italian girl; I went to parochial school; I don't do this sort of thing.
Fiction book (2000) -
Maybe we should send you to parochial school.
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Why do we send her to a parochial school?
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- My dad never really wanted to send me to parochial school, but my mom insisted.
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After that year, the entire parochial school system of the Roman Catholic Church once again declined.
Academic text (1994) -
If it's through a private parochial school, through a voucher, I'm OK as long as kids are getting the education that they need.
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Well, you're the one that wanted to send her to that parochial school.
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The students were enrolled in one of 11 parochial schools in the mid-Atlantic region.
Academic text (2012) -
Many families choose to send their children to parochial school to receive a religious education.
Synonyms
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2.8
A school run by a church, mosque, or temple that teaches faith and regular subjects
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2.8
A private school run by a church that teaches religion and regular subjects
How Religious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a school connected with a local parish' follows directly from combining 'parochial' (connected with a parish) and 'school' (educational institution); the adjective simply specifies the type of school. This noun phrase composition is morphologically and semantically transparent and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Parochial school comes from church life. Parochial comes from the word 'parish', the local church community, so a parochial school is a school run by that local church and often includes religious lessons.