parochial school

[Herb Stahlke]

While Lutherans represent a small minority in this country compared to
Catholics, Lutheran congregations have operated parochial schools
since the 19th c. and have used the term "parochial" in that sense for
at least the last seven decades.

Herb

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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