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  2. School - Wikipedia

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    Within the Qur'anic school system, there are levels of education. They range from a basic level of understanding, called chuo and kioni in local languages, to the most advanced, which is called ilimu. [27] In Nigeria, the term school broadly covers daycares, nursery schools, primary schools, secondary schools and tertiary institutions. Primary ...

  3. History of education - Wikipedia

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    The once and future school: Three hundred and fifty years of American secondary education (1996). Parkerson Donald H., and Jo Ann Parkerson. Transitions in American education: a social history of teaching (2001) online; Reese, William J. America's Public Schools: From the Common School to No Child Left Behind (Johns Hopkins U. Press, 2005 ...

  4. Etymological dictionary - Wikipedia

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    An etymological dictionary discusses the etymology of the words listed. Often, large dictionaries, such as the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's, will contain some etymological information, without aspiring to focus on etymology. [1] Etymological dictionaries are the product of research in historical linguistics. For many words in any ...

  5. Online Etymology Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]

  6. Seminary - Wikipedia

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    Fuller Theological Seminary, in Pasadena, California, United States. Saint-Sulpice Seminary, in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.. A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, in academics, or mostly in ...

  7. Etymology - Wikipedia

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    Etymology (/ ˌ ɛ t ɪ ˈ m ɒ l ə dʒ i /, ET-im-OL-ə-jee [1]) is the study of the origin and evolution of words—including their constituent units of sound and meaning—across time. [2] In the 21st century a subfield within linguistics , etymology has become a more rigorously scientific study. [ 1 ]

  8. Alma mater - Wikipedia

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    It personifies a school that a person has attended or graduated from. [1] [2] [3] The term is related to alumnus, literally meaning 'nursling', which describes a school graduate. [4] In its earliest usage, alma mater was an honorific title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele. [5]

  9. Gymnasium (ancient Greece) - Wikipedia

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    The English noun gymnast, first recorded in 1594, [5] is formed from the Greek γυμναστής (gymnastēs), [6] but in Greek this word means "trainer" not "athlete". The palaestra was the part of the gymnasium devoted to wrestling, boxing, and ball games. From the word "gymnasion" came also the term "gymnastics".