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n. - A public hall for lectures and concerts; A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college.

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  • Many inquire of me about the lyceum platform as a profession.
  • You know we have a system of lyceum-lecturing in our large towns.
  • In 1802 he was appointed professor of botany in the new lyceum of
  • With a few of the leading young men he formed a young men's lyceum.
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  • This was the final winning word in the 1992 National Spelling Bee.
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