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lyceum

[lahy-see-uhm] / laɪˈsi əm /




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When someone asked about “pét nat” wines—short for pétillant naturel, a trendy sparkling variety—one young techie pulled faces that would trigger expulsion from a Swiss lyceum.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

With the facile ease of a lyceum lecturer, Evita Per�n delved into the ancient authors.

From Time Magazine Archive

He won his baccalaureate, and for four years taught history at a lyceum in Hanoi.

From Time Magazine Archive

Resigning his commission in 1818, he was successively engaged as teacher in the gymnasium at Augsburg and in the progymnasium and lyceum at Landshut.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

The thing that made the lyceum was in the air.

From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon




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