parish school

collocation in English

meaningsofparishandschool

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parish
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpær.ɪʃ/us
/ˈper.ɪʃ/
in some Christian denominations, an area cared for by one priest with its own church, or (in England) the smallest unit of ...
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school
noun
uk
/skuːl/us
/skuːl/
a place where children go to ...
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(Definition ofparishandschoolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Once established, children would attend theirparishschoolat no cost.
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A centre was the name given to aparishschoolwhere girls could continue their education one to two years beyond eighth grade.
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The teaching sisters at theparishschoolheld separate classes for interested and qualified girls.
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Through theparishschoolsystem the lowest may rise to the highest if he only has the grit in him to try to rise.
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That is done now, because eachparishschoolboard or borough school board looks after itself.
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The oldparishschool-master held a position incomparably higher in dignity, in status, and in independence than is held by most of the profession now.
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Theparishschoolboards, of course, administer far too small an area, and their operations are thereby circumscribed and their efforts curtailed.
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I myself, as a boy, went to an ordinaryparishschool, where all my friends were of the ordinary village people, and they are my friends still.
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They are becoming very much more intelligent and keen and interested in everything in the future coming out of senior schools instead of the unreorganisedparishschool.
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Theparishschoolwas already there.
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Enrollment in theparishschooldeclined, and the grade school was closed in 1968, the high school in 1973, and the convent demolished soon after.
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By 1833 the village had two day-schools: theparishschoolwith 105 pupils and a private school with 12 pupils.
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A rectory, convent andparishschoolwere all added and the community supported many missions in the region.
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Under their guidance theparishschoolwas reestablished and classes for adults organized.
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No class or creed had any special right in the governance of the schools generally, or in any particularparishschool.
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Theparishschooloperated from 1882 through 1982 when it closed because of declining enrollment.
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The church has aparishschoolof the same name from 1925 through 1937.
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Statutes passed in 1616, 1633, 1646 and 1696 established aparishschoolsystem, paid for by local heritors and administered by ministers and local presbyteries.
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