Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for lyceum. Search instead for lyzeums.
Definitions

lyceum

[lahy-see-uhm] / laɪˈsi əm /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

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

His pastor called upon him and expressed his gratification and the lyceum increased in popularity as a place to hear him.

From Revisiting the Earth by James Langdon Hill

On leaving the lyceum Gorchakov entered the foreign office under Count Nesselrode.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

The lyceum and the newspaper will occupy a subordinate position as means of social and moral influence, and the prophets will recover their waning reputation.

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Octavius Brooks Frothingham




Vocabulary lists containing lyceum


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training