parochial school

[Jonathan Lighter]

That's my interpretation, because in this case I'm a slave to the
etymological fallacy.

But less finicky interpreters will undoubtedly differ.

JL
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 4/5/2011 10:40 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
> >OED
> >says "a school established and maintained by a religious body", but
> >several of the cites seem to imply that only a Roman Catholic school is
> >parochial.
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> Just one of the nefarious seditions, here within the OUP, of the Papists.
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> Joel
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