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phrontistery|ˈfrɒntɪstərɪ|
Often in Gr. or Latinized forms phrontiˈsterion, phrontiˈsterium (7 fron-).
[ad. Gr. ϕροντιστήριον, f. ϕροντιστής: see prec.]
A place for thinking or studying; a ‘thinking shop’: a term applied by Aristophanes in ridicule to the school of Socrates; hence applied to modern educational institutions.
1614T. Tomkis Albumazar i. iii. B iij b, 'Tis the learn'd Phrontisterion Of most Divine Albumazar. 1624Bp. Hall Gt. Impostor Wks. 501, I know where I am; in one of the famous Phrontisteries of Law, and Iustice. a1634Randolph Muses' Looking-Gl. iii. i, 'Twill be the great Gymnasium of the realme, The Frontisterium of Great Britany. 1672D. T. Answ. Eachard's Cont. Clergy 136 England's grand Phrontisteries, Seminaries and Seed-plots of Learning..Oxford and Cambridge. 1845Maurice Mor. & Met. Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) II. 583/1 The maps and geometrical instruments which the old Athenian found in the phrontisterium. 1881Church MS. Let. 12 May, In the first brilliant days of Oriel..it used to be called half in compliment and half in sneer the ϕροντιστήριον. 1888Amer. Jrnl. Philol. IX. 344 As to the scenery [in the old Greek comedies], he holds that the inside of the phrontistery is never seen. |