Gym·na·si·um n.; pl. E.  Gymnasiums L. Gymnasia
  1. A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.
  2. A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind.
     More like ordinary schools of gymnasia than universities.   --Hallam.
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