church school
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2.8
- noun
:
escuela religiosa
- She teaches art classes at the church school, where students also learn about different cultural traditions.
- attend a church school
Examples
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Wondimu Wende (1917-2002) attended church school, became a deacon, and taught himself to paint.
Academic text (2009) -
Adamu would go to church school in the morning, and in the afternoons work on his paintings.
Academic text (2004) -
Anyway, we go to church and I go to church school.
Fiction book (1995) -
where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference,
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As the church schools enroll an increasing share of the student population, they take over more and more of the public education function.
Academic text (2016) -
They learned methods of early childhood music education by doing, as both taught music in church school programs for years.
Academic text (2015) -
Until then, the boy would go to a local church school and spend his summers in Waterford.
Fiction book (1999) -
Catholic leaders in Cincinnati now turned their attention to bringing as many Catholic pupils as possible into church schools and to strengthening their explicitly Catholic mission.
Academic text (2005) -
The local church school offers a curriculum that includes both academics and religious studies.
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Many families in our community choose to enroll their children in the church school for its strong values.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where children or young people go to learn
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1.9
A place where children learn that is not run by the government and costs money
12
3.9
A private primary or secondary school run by a local church that gives religious lessons
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2.8
A school run by a church, mosque, or temple that teaches faith and regular subjects
How Religious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a private school run by a church' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'church' (a religious body) and 'school' (an educational institution). This noun+noun compounding is common across languages and follows standard English composition patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Church school comes from the simple idea of a church running a school: the church or local community taught children and held daily prayers, so the school mixed 'religious' lessons with regular ones. That's why church school means a 'private' school run by a church.