phrontisteryn.
/ˈfrɒntᵻst(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈfrɑn(t)əstri/ literary.
A place for thinking or studying; a school, college, or other educational institution.Formerly frequently used with allusion to Aristophanes' representation of the school of Socrates; hence sometimes ironically (cf. phrontist n.).
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society > education > place of education > [noun] > educational institution
studya1382
school1440
learning-place1517
pedagogy1571
learning-seat1584
seminary1585
Academe1598
phrontisterion1615
phrontistery1623
pedagoguery1820
thinking-shop1837
centre of learning1844
1623 Bp. J. Hall Great Impostor 1 I know where I am; in one of the famous Phrontisteries of Law, and Iustice.
1672 D. T. Answer Eachard's Cont. Clergy 136 England's grand Phrontisteries, Seminaries and Seed-plots of Learning..Oxford and Cambridge.
1888 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 9 344 As to the scenery [in the old Greek comedies], he holds that the inside of the phrontistery is never seen.
1940 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 71 334 In Salutati's phrontistery Gorgias sits at the right hand of Socrates.
1989 L. Clarke Chymical Wedding (BNC) 196 ‘But who loves solitude enough to live there, I wonder?’ ‘That is my phrontistery, Mr Frere,’ Louisa smiled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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