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university, Sewanee, Tennessee, United States

Also known as: Sewanee

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University of the South, Private university in Sewanee, Tennessee, U.S., founded in 1857. Though affiliated with the Episcopal church, its teaching program is independent. It has a college of arts and sciences and a school of theology, which offers master’s and doctoral programs. Its literary journal, The Sewanee Review, was founded in 1892.

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