Gymnasium /(jĭm*nā"zĭ*ŭm [or] jĭm*nā"zhĭ*ŭm; 277)/

Gym·na·si·um

Gymnasium

n.

pl. Gymnasiums, Gymnasia ((jĭm*nā"zĭ*ŭmz))

  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.