lyceum

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions. An association of men for literary purposes.--Webster.


In New England almost every town and village of importance has its lyceum, where a library is formed, natural and artificial curiosities collected, and before which public lectures are given. They have done a vast deal towards the dissemination of knowledge, particularly among those classes which have not had the advantages of a good education.

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