Word Meanings - GYMNASIUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics. 2. A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind. More like

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1. A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics. 2. A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind. More like ordinary schools of gymnasia than universities. Hallam.

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• WHEREIN
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• PLACEMENT
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• PLACENTARY
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• GERMANIC
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• WHERETO
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• WHEREAS
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