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Webster 1913 Edition
Gymnasium
Gym-na′si-um
(jĭm-nā′zĭ-ŭm or jĭm-nā′zhĭ-ŭm; 277)
Noun.
pl. E.
Gymnasiums
(jĭm-nā′zĭ-ŭmz)
, L. Gymnasia
(jĭm-nā′zĭ-ȧ)
. [L., fr. Gr.
γυμνάσιον
, fr. γυμνάζειν
to exercise (naked), fr. γυμόσ
naked.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gymnasium
GYMNASIUM
,Noun.
In Greece, a place where athletic exercises were performed. Hence, a place of exercise; a school.