'Chautauqua system' definitions:

Definition of 'Chautauqua system'

From: GCIDE

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.]