Definitions

Sunday school

NOUN

religious instruction

Synonyms

WEAK

catechism class church school

Example Sentences

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The Muslim house of worship was a Pakistani Sunday school operating out of a warehouse in Lorton, Virginia.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

He’s held onto those letters for decades, from a women’s Bible study group, a Sunday school class, and a man who offered to paint his house for free.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

As a girl, Petrou was studious and strong-willed; in a 2018 profile in The Wall Street Journal, her mother recalled Petrou getting into a heated “intellectual disputation” with their rabbi at Sunday school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

“They did scouts together, Sunday school together, played soccer for the same club, almost in the same positions. They were inseparable.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

I started to remind him that Scrappy is in a correctional facility, not a jail, but he and Jackie had already moved on to talking about that Bible Detective game at Sunday school.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor