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Look up: Lyceum

  1. lyceum
    [n] - a public hall for lectures and concerts
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Lyceum
    London theatre situated in Wellington Street, near the Strand. It was opened 1809 (rebuilt 1834) and in 1878-1902, under the management of Henry Irving, saw many of the...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  3. Lyceum
    Ancient Athenian gymnasium and garden, with covered walks, where the philosopher Aristotle taught. It was southeast of the city and named after the nearby temple of Apollo Lyceus. ...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  4. Lyceum
    Ly·ce'um noun ; plural English Lyceums , Latin Lycea . [ Latin lyceum , Greek ..., so named after the neighboring temple of ... ... Apollo the wolf slayer, probably from ... belonging to a wolf, fr ... wolf. See Wolf .] 1. A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy. 2. A house or apartment a ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/72

  5. lyceum
    noun a public hall for lectures and concerts
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. Lyceum
    A `Lyceum` can be *an educational institution (often a school of secondary education in Europe), or *a public hall used for cultural events like concerts. The precise usage of the term varies among various countries. (See also Lyceum Movement for a discussion of the lyceum movement and its participants in the United States.)
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyceum

  7. Lyceum
    • (n.) A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions. • (n.) A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the university. • (n.) An association for debate and literary improvement. • (n.) A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.L...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. Lyceum
    Athenian school founded by Aristotle in 335 in a grove sacred to Apollo Lyceius. Owing to his habit of walking about the grove while lecturing his ... [5 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/86

  9. lyceum
    lyceum (līsē'um, lī'–) , 19th-century American association for popular instruction of adults by lectures, concerts, and other methods. Lyceum groups were concerned with the dissemination of information on the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs. The National A...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  10. Lyceum
    Lyceum (līsē'um) , gymnasium near ancient Athens. There Aristotle taught; hence the extension of the term lyceum to Aristotle's school of philosophers, the Peripatetics.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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