单词 | admittatur |
释义 | admittaturn. U.S. Education. Now historical and rare. A document verifying a student's admission to a college.The admittatur was originally a copy of the college laws, transcribed by the student and signed by the president or a fellow of the college; later the term denoted a certificate, similarly authenticated. ΚΠ 1683 S. Sewall Let. 23 Mar. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1868) 4th Ser. VIII. 516 What if I should print the Colledge-Laws? that so every student admitted may have a fair Admittatur to keep per him, in memory of his Admission. 1786 J. Q. Adams Diary 17 Mar. (1981) II. 3 This morning I finished the business of my admission... I went to the President's, who thereupon signed an Admittatur, which I had to carry again to the Steward, to be filed with the College Papers. 1832 New-Eng. Mag. Sept. 238 I received my admittatur and returned home, to pass the vacation and procure the college uniform. 1982 W. Bentinck-Smith Harvard Bk. (rev. ed.) iv. 161 This document, signed by the President or one of the Fellows, was considered a certificate of admission. More than a score of these admittaturs exist as examples of the laws of different periods. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1683 |
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