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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 151 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LYCEUM , the latinized See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of Gr. A(ecewv, the name of a gymnasium and See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden with covered walks, near the See also:

temple of See also:

APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo Lyceus ('AirbXXwv Aimecos) at See also:

Athens. See also:

Aristotle taught here, and hence the name was applied to his school of See also:

PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy. The name had been used in many See also:

LANGUAGES

languages for places of instruction, &c. In See also:

France the See also:

TERM

term lycee is given to the secondary See also:

SCHOOLS

schools which are administered by the See also:

state, in contradistinction to the communal colleges.

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