🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

教会学校

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiàohuì xuéxiào

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Parochial school/pəˈroʊ.ki.əl skuːl/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这家教会学校提供优秀的传统教育。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A private primary or secondary school affiliated with a religious parish, typically Roman Catholic or another Christian denomination.

    "She received her early education at a local Catholic parochial school."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term derives from 'parochial', originating from the Late Latin 'parochialis' relating to a parish, combined with 'school' from the Greek 'skhole' meaning leisure or place of learning. Historically, these educational institutions were established and funded primarily by local church parishes to provide religious along with secular instruction.

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