parochial school

noun
a primary or secondary private school supervised by a religious organization, especially a Roman Catholic day school affiliated with a parish or a holy order.
Compare church school.


Origin:
1745–55

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parochial school

noun
a private religious school run by a church or parish [syn: church school
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Parochial school is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Example sentences
They try to convince students at a parochial school to join them.
Possibly the only area in which they receive enthusiastic support is in their
  dedication to the parochial school system.
The convent is used by the religious order that teaches in a parochial school,
  but the convent is not part of the school.
If they want religion in school, they can go to parochial school.
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