(n.) A place for learned intercourse and instruction
an institution for learning
an educational establishment
a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training
as, the school of the prophets.
(n.) A place of primary instruction
an establishment for the instruction of children
as, a primary school
a common school
a grammar school.
(n.) A session of an institution of instruction.
(n.) One of the seminaries for teaching logic, metaphysics, and theology, which were formed in the Middle Ages, and which were characterized by academical disputations and subtilties of reasoning.
(n.) The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honors are held.
(n.) An assemblage of scholars
those who attend upon instruction in a school of any kind
a body of pupils.
(n.) The disciples or followers of a teacher
those who hold a common doctrine, or accept the same teachings
a sect or denomination in philosophy, theology, science, medicine, politics, etc.
(n.) The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age
as, he was a gentleman of the old school.
(n.) Figuratively, any means of knowledge or discipline