Definition of phrontistery in English:
phrontistery
nounPlural phrontisteries ˈfrɒntɪst(ə)ri
archaic A school or other educational institution.
Example sentencesExamples
- He calls his servant to bring a pickaxe, and get up on the phrontistery, and knock in the roof about their ears.
- I know where I am: in one of the famous Phrontisteries of Law and Justice.
- This brings me to a wider discussion about how universities should stop thinking they are money-making training enterprises, and should rather be phrontisteries that encourage creativity and innovation.
- To the phrontistery flocked some of the nation's leading young libertarians, including Smith and Gaskins.
- England's grand phrontisteries, seminaries and seed-plots of learning: Oxford and Cambridge.
Synonyms
educational institution, centre of learning
Origin
Early 17th century: from Greek phrontistērion, from phrontistēs 'deep thinker', from phrontizein 'be thoughtful', from phrontis 'thought'.