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parochial school † 
a private school receiving no tax support, especially, in present-day use, such a school maintained by Roman Catholics.
See also: parish school separate school (def. 3)
- 1860 The Parochial Schools of our Protestant population speak for themselves, and I am sorry that they should have found disparagement at the hands of your correspondent.
- 1955 An amendment to the Municipal Act . . . would allow municipalities to exempt parochial schools from taxation "in whole or in part."
- 1964 Premier Roblin Monday proposed a partial solution to the dilemma of Manitoba's parochial schools--leave their status unchanged but permit their students to share the services of tax-supported public schools.
- 1966 Though traces of clannishness remain in Manitoba's parochial schools . . . younger generations [of Canadian Ukrainians] have steadily struck down barriers.
- 1860 The Parochial Schools of our Protestant population speak for themselves, and I am sorry that they should have found disparagement at the hands of your correspondent.