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Sunday school

–noun
1. a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
2. the members of such a school.
Also called Sabbath school.


Origin:
1775–85
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Sunday school  
n.  
  1. A school, generally affiliated with a church or synagogue, that offers religious instruction for children on Sundays.

  2. The teachers and pupils of such a school.

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Sunday school

school for religious education, usually for children and young people and usually a part of a church or parish. The movement has been important primarily in Protestantism. It has been the foremost vehicle for teaching the principles of the Christian religion and the Bible.

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