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vested school

vested school noun: a national school built by the aid of grants from the board of Commissioners of National Education and secured for educational purposes by leases to the commissioners themselves, or to the commissioners and the trustees.

Noun

vested school (plural vested schools)

  1. (historical) A national school built by the aid of grants from the board of Commissioners of National Education and secured for educational purposes by leases to the commissioners themselves, or to the commissioners and the trustees.
  2. A school that is privately owned, or belonging to a religious organisation, which is recognized by and receives funding from the government.

Forms of vested school

pluralvested schools

Questions about vested school

What does vested school mean?
Vested school means a national school built by the aid of grants from the board of Commissioners of National Education and secured for educational purposes by leases to the commissioners themselves, or to the commissioners and the trustees.
What part of speech is vested school?
Vested school is a noun.
What is the plural of vested school?
The plural of vested school is vested schools.

Words near vested school in the dictionary

  1. vested interests
  2. vested remainder
  3. vested remainder subject to open
  4. vested remainders
  5. vested remainders subject to open
  6. vested school
  7. vested schools
  8. vestee
  9. vestees
  10. vester
  11. vesters

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