Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gymnasia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gymnasium \Gym*na"si*um\n.; pl. E. {Gymnasiums}, L. {Gymnasia}.
[L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to exercise (naked), fr. ? naked.]
1. A place or building where athletic exercises are
performed; a school for gymnastics.
2. A school for the higher branches of literature and
science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used
esp. of German schools of this kind.
More like ordinary schools of gymnasia than
universities. --Hallam.
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