lycea

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of lyceum

   “By a law enacted in 1802, eight professors were appointed, to be distributed among the lycea of the different departments.”

   “The Republic maintained at its own expense six thousand four hundred elèves in the Lycea and special schools; […]”

   “Above the gymnasia are the Lycea, of which there are 12 in the whole Lombardo Venetian kingdom, namely, two at Milan, and one in each of the following towns: Bergamo, Brescia, Mantua, Cremona, Como, Lodi, Venice, Verona, Vicenza, and Udine. The Lycea are devoted to philosophical studies, and the course lasts two years.”

   “To complete this system, the emperor has ordered the suppression of instruction in philosophical learning by lay professors in the universities of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kharkof, Kasan and Kiew, in the lycea of St. Petersburg, and the Richelieu lyceum at Odessa, and professors of theology have been nominated for these establishments, to fill the chairs of logic and experimental psychology.”

   “The lycea of Talca, Concepcion, and Serena possess the privilege of granting degrees in mathematics and chemistry.”