lyceum
noun
ly·ce·um lī-ˈsē-əm 
ˈlī-sē-
ˈlī-sē- 1
: a hall for public lectures or discussions
2
: an association providing public lectures, concerts, and entertainments
3
: lycée
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web All of the children in the lyceum participated in the exercise without protest. 
Mira Ptacin, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 Its roots go back further, though, to the lyceum movement that started in Massachusetts in the 1820s and offered attendees the prospect of self-improvement through lectures on literary, scientific and moral topics. Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2021 Thoreau delivered his famous essay Resistance to Civil Government as a lyceum lecture in January of 1848. R.h. Lossin, The New York Review of Books, 4 Sep. 2020 The Chandor Gardens Foundation envisions a lyceum, restaurant, classrooms, and amphitheater for the property. Star-telegram, star-telegram.com, 27 June 2017
Mira Ptacin, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 Its roots go back further, though, to the lyceum movement that started in Massachusetts in the 1820s and offered attendees the prospect of self-improvement through lectures on literary, scientific and moral topics. Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2021 Thoreau delivered his famous essay Resistance to Civil Government as a lyceum lecture in January of 1848. R.h. Lossin, The New York Review of Books, 4 Sep. 2020 The Chandor Gardens Foundation envisions a lyceum, restaurant, classrooms, and amphitheater for the property. Star-telegram, star-telegram.com, 27 June 2017 Word History
Etymology
Latin Lyceum, gymnasium near Athens where Aristotle taught, from Greek Lykeion, from neuter of lykeios, epithet of Apollo
First Known Use
1786, in the meaning defined at sense 1
lyceum
noun
as in auditorium
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- auditorium
- theater
- amphitheater
- theatre
- garden
- playhouse
- hall
- senate
- arena
- ballroom
- music hall
- chamber
- theater-in-the-round
- odeum
- arena theater
- house
- cafetorium