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LYCEUM

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

form of Gr . A(ecewv, the name of a gymnasium and garden with covered walks, near the temple of Apollo Lyceus ('AirbXXwv Aimecos) at Athens . Aristotle taught here, and hence the name was applied to his school of philosophy . The name had been used in many
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languages for places of instruction, &c . In France the
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term lycee is given to the secondary
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schools which are administered by the state, in contradistinction to the communal colleges .

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