Definition of "parochial school" []

• A primary or secondary school supported by a religious organization. (noun)

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• "In August, 1887, four Sisters of St. Joseph were commissioned to go from Concordia, Kansas, to open a parochial school at Abilene,"
• "St. Mary's Academy, Williamsburg, was opened on 8 Sept., 1856, and in the following year a parochial school was inaugurated."
• "The friends I had until fifth grade were imposed on me by the nuns at my parochial school in Pittsburgh, where Catholic Social Services sent my family after we arrived in Miami from Cuba."