sunday schools
1Sunday-schools — Sunday schools were originated in the Church of England by one of its clergy, the Rev. Thomas Steck, who afterwards, in 1780, called in Mr. Robert Raikes, a layman, to assist him. Such schools gradually spread and increased, until to day it is …
2Sunday schools — Beginning as a small ministry of an English newspaperman in the late 18th century, Sunday schools became in the 20th century one of the major structures for passing protestant teachings from one generation to the next. Robert Raikes (1735… …
3Socialist Sunday Schools — were set up as an alternative to Christian Sunday Schools in the United Kingdom. They arose in response to a feeling as to the inadequacy of the orthodox Sunday Schools as a training ground for the children of Socialists and of the need for some… …
4Sunday school — is the generic name for many different types of religious education pursued on Sundays by various denominations.It had its origins when Hannah Ball, a native of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England, founded a school within the town in 1769.… …
5Sunday School (LDS Church) — Sunday School Formation 11 November 1867 Type Non profit Purpose/focus religious instruction Headquarters Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Membership …
6Schools — • History and development of education as related to the church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Schools Schools † …
7Sunday school — Sunday schools N VAR Sunday school is a class organized by a church that some children go to on Sundays in order to learn about Christianity. I went to the young people s service in the morning and to Sunday school in the afternoon. ...a Sunday… …
8Sunday [1] — Sunday (engl., spr. Sonndeh), der Sonntag; daher Sunday books Sonntagsbücher, in England Bibel, Gebetbuch u. Tractätchen, in welchen man am Sonntag liest. Sunday schools, Sonntagsschulen, s.d …
9Sunday school — 1. a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday. 2. the members of such a school. Also called Sabbath school. [1775 85] * * * also called church school , or Christian education school for… …
10Sunday school — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms Sunday school : singular Sunday school plural Sunday schools religious lessons for children that are given in a church on Sundays …
