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lyceum

[lahy-see-uhm] / laɪˈsi əm /




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When someone asked about “pét nat” wines—short for pétillant naturel, a trendy sparkling variety—one young techie pulled faces that would trigger expulsion from a Swiss lyceum.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

He won his baccalaureate, and for four years taught history at a lyceum in Hanoi.

From Time Magazine Archive

Noteworthy also are the old palace of the bishops, now a clerical seminary, the theological lyceum and the town-hall.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

To these graphic pictures of the "lyceum lecturer" we would add one more which was given by Mr. J.W.

From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by E. E. Brown

The great benefit of the lyceum, to say the least of it, was that the whole conduct of it rested solidly on the men who blended in it and habitually attended it.

From Revisiting the Earth by James Langdon Hill




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