| 1. | a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday. |
| 2. | the members of such a school. |
| Sunday school n.
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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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