preparatory school
noun
1
: a usually private school preparing students primarily for college
2
British
: a private elementary school preparing students primarily for British public schools
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There is no Ardua Hall and aunt training (at least not yet), and Daisy is sent to shadow Agnes at preparatory school.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
The coming-of-age series centers around a group of young women attending a preparatory school in Gilead.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
It is set at an elite preparatory school to groom future wives, made up of daughters of Commanders, many of whom have been taken away from their birth parents, and so-called Pearl Girls, recruited from outside of Gilead.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Agnes attends a preparatory school run by Dowd’s Aunt Lydia, who watches over the daughters of Gilead’s elite both literally and in the form of a towering statue in the school’s atrium.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
The coming-of-age series centers around a group of young women attending a preparatory school in Gilead.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
It is set at an elite preparatory school to groom future wives, made up of daughters of Commanders, many of whom have been taken away from their birth parents, and so-called Pearl Girls, recruited from outside of Gilead.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Agnes attends a preparatory school run by Dowd’s Aunt Lydia, who watches over the daughters of Gilead’s elite both literally and in the form of a towering statue in the school’s atrium.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Preparatory school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preparatory%20school. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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