Sunday school

Sunday school noun: a school, organized by a church, that provides religious education to children on Sundays.

Noun

Sunday school (countable and uncountable, plural Sunday schools)

A school, organized by a church, that provides religious education to children on Sundays.
- PRIMROSE CHAPEL DEDICATION. Primrose Chapel was organized 54 years ago. Those who organized it and stood faithfully by it in its infancy have nearly all passed to their heavenly reward. The old frame building served well its day and generation, but it had grown insufficient in capacity to...1921 November 3, “News of the churches [column]”, in Arkansas Methodist, volume 40, number 43, page 14
- It [Troutbeck] has religious isolation also, for it is several miles—and very strenuous miles in winter—from the parish church at Mungrisdale, and the introduction of the harmonium to the waiting room was due to the zeal of a vicar of many years ago who, in the absence of any other room in the...1951 October, “Notes and News: The Harmonium at Troutbeck”, in Railway Magazine, page 709

It has a membership of 137, a Sunday school of 80, an Epworth League [chapter] of 93, and a wide-awake Ladies' Aid.1921 November 3, “News of the churches [column]”, in Arkansas Methodist, volume 40, number 43, page 14:
Stock, who has a tablet in St John's church [Gloucester] and "who with Raikes established the four original Sunday schools in this parish ... in 1780.2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56:

plural	Sunday schools

What does Sunday school mean?: Sunday school means a school, organized by a church, that provides religious education to children on Sundays.
What is Sunday school in Gujarati?: Sunday school in Gujarati is સાબાથ શાળા (sābāth śāḷā). See Sunday school meaning in Gujarati.
How do you use Sunday school in a sentence?: It has a membership of 137, a Sunday school of 80, an Epworth League [chapter] of 93, and a wide-awake Ladies' Aid.
What part of speech is Sunday school?: Sunday school is a noun.
What is the plural of Sunday school?: The plural of Sunday school is Sunday schools.

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