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单词 phrontistery
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Definition of phrontistery in English:

phrontistery

nounPlural phrontisteries ˈfrɒntɪst(ə)ri
archaic
  • A school or other educational institution.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He calls his servant to bring a pickaxe, and get up on the phrontistery, and knock in the roof about their ears.
    • I know where I am: in one of the famous Phrontisteries of Law and Justice.
    • This brings me to a wider discussion about how universities should stop thinking they are money-making training enterprises, and should rather be phrontisteries that encourage creativity and innovation.
    • To the phrontistery flocked some of the nation's leading young libertarians, including Smith and Gaskins.
    • England's grand phrontisteries, seminaries and seed-plots of learning: Oxford and Cambridge.
    Synonyms
    educational institution, centre of learning

Origin

Early 17th century: from Greek phrontistērion, from phrontistēs 'deep thinker', from phrontizein 'be thoughtful', from phrontis 'thought'.

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