lyceum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
    middle school; secondary school; lycee; Gymnasium.
  2. noun a public hall for lectures and concerts

WordNet

Ly*ce"um noun
Etymology
L. lyceum, Gr. , so named after the neighboring temple of Apollo the wolf slayer, prob. fr. belonging to a wolf, fr wolf. See Wolf.
Wordforms
plural E Lyceums L Lycea
Definitions
  1. A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.
  2. A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions.
  3. A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the university.
  4. An association for debate and literary improvement.

Webster 1913