non-gremialn.adj.
/nɒnˈɡriːmɪəl/, U.S. /nɑnˈɡrimiəl/ Chiefly Cambridge University.† A. n.
A non-resident member of a university or college. Obsolete. rare.
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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > one living in specific place
portionist?1566
hosteler1577
hallier1587
oppidan1645
portioner1740
non-gremial1766
bursar1831
out-student1835
hosteleress1850
1766 R. Farmer Let. 12 Feb. in Percy Lett. (1946) II. 105 The usual Exercise kept by a Non-Gremial is the Clerum and English Sermon.
1841 G. Peacock Observ. Statutes Univ. Cambr. App. A. 17 Non gremials..were suspended ab omni gradu.
B. adj.† 1. non-gremial examinations n. Cambridge University local examinations. Obsolete.
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society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > university examinations > local examination
local examination1854
middle-class examination1857
non-gremial examinations1858
local1869
1858 Guardian 29 Dec. 1042/3 At Bristol last week there was a public meeting in support of the Cambridge non-gremial examinations.
1865 Sat. Rev. 25 Feb. 220/1 That girls as well as boys might be..admitted to what are called the ‘non-gremial’ examinations.
2. Of a member of a university or college: non-resident. rare.
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1970 E. G. W. Bill & J. F. A. Mason Christ Church & Reform p. ix We are both non-gremial members of Christ Church, and in the abusive word of an earlier day are therefore ‘squills’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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