phrontistery
/ˈfrɒntɪst(ə)ri
/noun (plural phrontisteries) archaic
A school or other educational institution.He calls his servant to bring a pickaxe, and get up on the phrontistery, and knock in the roof about their ears....
- England's grand phrontisteries, seminaries and seed-plots of learning: Oxford and Cambridge.
- To the phrontistery flocked some of the nation's leading young libertarians, including Smith and Gaskins.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Greek phrontistērion, from phrontistēs 'deep thinker', from phrontizein 'be thoughtful', from phrontis 'thought'.