baccalaureaten.
/bakəˈlɔːrɪət/ 1.
a. The University degree of bachelor.
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society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > a degree > specific
masterdomc1400
doctorship1533
doctorate?1577
mastership1583
baccalaureate1625
bachelorshipa1656
doctorhood1683
LL.D.1763
master's degree1774
LL.B.1796
Mus.B.1801
PhD1839
Lambeth degree1859
baccalaureate degree1864
LL.M.1874
(Lady) Literate in Arts1877
Sc.D.1885
Mus. Bac.1889
post-graduation1889
B.Lit.1895
masterate1902
B.Phil.1923
B. Ed.1941
ABD1954
Dip. Tech.1957
master1960
B.Sc.-
1625–49 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1814) V. 73 (Jam.) Degries of baccalawreatt, licentiat, and doctorat.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iv. i. 134/1 The Degrees of a Baccalaureate and a Doctorate, in Divinity.
1849 Catal. Wesleyan Univ. 22 in B. H. Hall Coll. College Words The Seniors will be examined for the Baccalaureate, four weeks before Commencement.
1895 H. Rashdall Univ. Europe in Middle Ages I. 210 The institution of the Baccalaureate or pupil-teachership.
1907 Elem. Sch. Teacher Mar. 372 All of these four baccalaureates extend practically the same privileges to those who have obtained them.
b. international baccalaureate: see international adj. and n. Compounds.
2. = bachelor n. (By Longfellow used for the sake of metre, perhaps with reference to laureate.)
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society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > degree holder
master1380
bachelorc1386
doctorc1400
magister1459
sir1557
Dra1593
doctorate1651
baccalaur1661
baccalaureate1696
formed bachelor1738
middle bachelor1759
Mus.B.1801
PhD1839
diplomate1879
maid1881
Mus. Bac.1889
postdoctoral1962
postdoc1964
B.A.-
B.L.-
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.)
1868 H. W. Longfellow tr. Dante Paradiso xxiv. 46 [He] as baccalaureate arms himself.
Compounds
General attributive. baccalaureate degree; quasi-adj. in baccalaureate-sermon: a farewell discourse delivered to a graduating class in some American colleges.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > in universities
music speech1693
union1834
valedictory1847
baccalaureate-sermon1864
inaugural1958
society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > a degree > specific
masterdomc1400
doctorship1533
doctorate?1577
mastership1583
baccalaureate1625
bachelorshipa1656
doctorhood1683
LL.D.1763
master's degree1774
LL.B.1796
Mus.B.1801
PhD1839
Lambeth degree1859
baccalaureate degree1864
LL.M.1874
(Lady) Literate in Arts1877
Sc.D.1885
Mus. Bac.1889
post-graduation1889
B.Lit.1895
masterate1902
B.Phil.1923
B. Ed.1941
ABD1954
Dip. Tech.1957
master1960
B.Sc.-
1864 O. W. Holmes Soundings from Atlantic 72 A baccalaureate sermon of President Hopkins.
1884 Nonconf. 10 July 667/1 Baccalaureate sermons are now being preached by the most eminent clergymen.
1891 D. C. Gilman Johns Hopkins Univ. 66 The manifold forms in which the baccalaurate [sic] degree is conferred.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. B7/1 (advt.) Registered Nurses or Registered Psychiatric Nurses with baccalaureate degree or higher, and considerable experience in nursing education.
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