C.N.O., noun
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- AfrikaansShow more Initial letters of Afrikaans Christelik-Nasionale Onderwys (earlier Christelijk Nationaal Onderwijs).
Christian National Education, see Christian-National sense 1. Also attributive.
1926 M. Nathan S. Afr. from Within 108Dissatisfied with the State schools, they set up their own educational system, known as the C.N.O...where, they considered, they could give their children proper instruction in Dutch.
1970 J. du P. Scholtz in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. I. 72Under the leadership of the church C.N.O. (Christian National Education) schools were established.
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