chautauqua system

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chautauqua system - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chautauqua system \Chau*tau"qua sys"tem\ (of education) .
     The system of home study established in connection with the
     summer schools assembled at Chautauqua, N. Y., by the
     Methodist Episcopal bishop, J. H. Vincent.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]