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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: Lyceum school near Athens where the ancient Greek thinker Aristotle taught, from Greek, from lykeios name given to Apollo, Greek god of poetry

lyceum

 noun
     
ly‧ce‧um [countable]
American English old-fashionedDLTB a building used for public meetings, concerts, speeches etc
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