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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_89581" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_89581" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) [[A]] literary or scientific association or club. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) [[A]] school founded at Rome by Hadrian. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) [[A]] temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) [[A]] building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21631" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21631" /> == | ||
<p> is a general name for the temples of Athena; a temple at Athens, dedicated to Athena, in which poets and orators assembled to recite their works and instruct the young. From this the name was applied to a school founded at Rome, on the Capitoline. Hill, by the emperor Hadrian, which long continued an institution of great influence. In the reign of Theodosius | <p> is a general name for the temples of Athena; a temple at Athens, dedicated to Athena, in which poets and orators assembled to recite their works and instruct the young. From this the name was applied to a school founded at Rome, on the Capitoline. Hill, by the emperor Hadrian, which long continued an institution of great influence. In the reign of Theodosius [[Ii]] it had ten professors of grammar, three of oratory, five of dialectics, one of philosophy, and two of jurisprudence. In -modern times the term is applied to literary institutions, public reading-rooms, lyceums, etc. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68049" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68049" /> == | ||
<p> A school of learning established in | <p> [[A]] school of learning established in Rome about 133 by Hadrian. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == |