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Meaning of schola | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈskʰɔ.ɫa]

Definitions

  1. Leisure time given to learning; schooltime, classtime.
    declension-1, feminine
  2. A school; a place for learning or instruction.
    declension-1, feminine
  3. A student body; the disciples of a teacher.
    declension-1, feminine
  4. A school (especially a secondary school), a sect; body of followers of a teacher or system, such as those of a philosopher or the Praetorian guard
    declension-1, feminine
  5. An art gallery.
    declension-1, feminine

Equivalents

English class school

Examples

“c. ad 65, Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucilius, CVI.”

We learn [such literature] not for life but for schooltime.

“1804 Jun 12, Oberdeutsche Allgemeine Litteraturzeitung, No. 70, p. 1119”

We must learn not for school but for life.

“Near-synonym: lūdus”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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