|
Definition of Catholic school
1. Noun. A parochial school maintained by the Catholic Church.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catholic School
Literary usage of Catholic school
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"This is, therefore, about the amount of money that the Catholic school system
... Under this plan, the school board rented the Catholic school buildings for ..."
2. The English Review (1846)
"The Catholic school. London: Published by the Catholic Poor-School Committee;
sold by Burns, Dolman, &c. &c., and by all Catholic Booksellers. ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1875)
"Upon hasty perusal, I find them excellent for the use of our schools, and my wish
is that they may be introduced into every Catholic school in the States. ..."
4. History of the Public School Society of the City of New York: With Portraits by William Oland Bourne (1870)
"... X. THE ROMAN Catholic school QUESTION.—1840. Annual Message of Governor
Seward—Petition of Roman Catholics to the Common Council—Remonstrance of the ..."