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parish school
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a private school receiving no tax support, especially, in present-day use, such a school maintained by Roman Catholics.
See: parochial school
Quotations
1964
Since 1890, when the Manitoba legislature withdrew support for separate parish schools, Roman Catholic parents have protestingly paid both for the private schools their children attend and for the public schools they do not.