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lyceum

 
Dictionary: ly·ce·um   (lī-sē'əm) pronunciation
n.
  1. A hall in which public lectures, concerts, and similar programs are presented.
  2. An organization sponsoring public programs and entertainment.
  3. A lycée.

[Latin Lycēum, from Greek Lukeion, the school outside Athens where Aristotle taught (335-323 ).]


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Architecture: lyceum
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A building for general education by means of public discussions, lectures, concerts, etc.


 
lyceum (līsē'əm, lī'-), 19th-century American association for popular instruction of adults by lectures, concerts, and other methods. Lyceum groups were concerned with the dissemination of information on the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs. The National American Lyceum (1831) developed from the lectures given by Josiah Holbrook at the first lyceum group in Millbury, Mass. (1826). The movement spread through groups formed in other states and was a powerful force in adult education, social reform, and political discussion. Many of the ablest leaders of the time lectured to lyceum audiences, and public interest in general education was greatly stimulated by the movement. The lyceum movement waned after the Civil War, but much of its work was later taken up by the Chautauqua movement.

Bibliography

See C. Bode, The American Lyceum (1956, repr. 1968).


World of the Mind: Lyceum
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The name of the gymnasium and covered garden adjacent to the temple of Apollo Lyceus in Athens where Aristotle taught his students.

(Published 1987)

Word Tutor: lyceum
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IN BRIEF: n. - A public hall for lectures and concerts; A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college.

Tutor's tip: This was the final winning word in the 1992 National Spelling Bee.

Wikipedia: Lyceum (software)
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This article is about the blogging software Lyceum. For the conferencing system developed by Open University, see Lyceum (synchronous CMC software)
Lyceum
Lyceum administration.png
The Lyceum administration interface.
Developer(s) John Joseph Bachir
ibiblio
Stable release 1.0.3 / 2008-06-04; 16 months ago
Operating system Cross-platform
Type CMS/Blog software
License GPL
Website lyceum.ibiblio.org

Lyceum is an open-source blogging platform based on WordPress. It was developed by ibiblio though is currently inactive.

Contents

History

Lyceum was first made public in February 2006. It originally began in mid-2005, and development is synchronous with WordPress.[1] As of March 2009, Lyceum is based on an old version of WordPress and is inactive while the developer is considering whether or not to resume development.[2]

Differences from WordPress MU

WordPress MU, developed by the core WordPress team, is extremely similar in functionality to Lyceum. The primary difference is that Lyceum stores all of its information in a set number of database tables (it has a normalized schema). WordPress MU, on the other hand, adds new tables for each weblog added (it has a sharded schema).[3]

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