church school

noun

1

: a school providing a general education but supported by a particular church in contrast to a public school or a nondenominational private school

2

: an organization of officers, teachers, and pupils for purposes of moral and religious education under the supervision of a local church

Examples of church school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But those guests will also see plenty of updates, including 25 guest rooms in the space that once held a church school; a small pool (about 15 feet square); and a rotating display of more than 100 contemporary artworks (many for sale). — Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

The church school, which taught children ages up to age 5, needed teachers badly. — Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025

Rosie O’Donnell, the liberal actress and comic, apologized on social media Sunday after falsely claiming the Minneapolis Catholic church school shooter was a MAGA supporter, a Republican and a White supremacist. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025

On my first day at church school, my cousin Mary and her older brother walked with me the mile or so to school and dropped me off. — James Kassaga Arinaitwe, NPR, 29 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1714, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for church school

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