denominational school

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According to the act, a denominational school must either pay at least half of its own building costs or accept public control, government-appointed teachers, and an agreed syllabus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Emphatic endorsement is given to the "denominational school" and full credit is not denied to the emphasis placed upon religious teaching in schools by the Catholic Church.

From Catholic Problems in Western Canada by Daly, George Thomas

Miss Sanborn, it appeared, had been fitting herself at the denominational school to go out as a missionary.

From The Price by Lynde, Francis

The community had a schoolhouse in January, 1877, and a denominational school was started the next month, with Phoebe McNeil as teacher.

From Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by McClintock, James H.

A little later the controversy was echoed in Manitoba in the repeal by a determined Protestant majority of the denominational school privileges hitherto enjoyed by the Roman Catholic minority.

From The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor by Skelton, Oscar Douglas