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BACCALAUREATE

\bˈakɐlˌɔːɹiːt], \bˈakɐlˌɔːɹiːt], \b_ˈa_k_ɐ_l_ˌɔː_ɹ_iː_t]\

Definitions of BACCALAUREATE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.
A baccalaureate sermon.
Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.
A baccalaureate sermon.
Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The degree of bachelor, or first degree, given by universities and colleges.
Relating to the degree of bachelor; baccalaureate sermon, a farewell sermon delivered to a graduating class.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

The degree or position of a Bachelor of Arts.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

The degree of bachelor of arts. See Bachelor.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

bak-ka-law're-[=a]t, n. the university degree of bachelor.--adj. BACCALAU'REAN [Low L. baccalaureus, corrupted from, baccalarius, with some imaginary reference to bacca lauri, the laurel berry. See BACHELOR.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

University degree of bachelor. [medieval Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

n. [Latin] The degree of bachelor of arts.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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