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College :: College (n.) A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges..

Tufthunter :: Tufthunter (n.) A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3..

Baccalaureate :: Baccalaureate (n.) The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges..

Sizar :: Sizar (n.) One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng.) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford..

Dean :: Dean (n.) The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.

Don :: Don (n.) A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities..

Philister :: Philister (n.) A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students in German universities.

Commons :: Commons (n. pl.) Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities..

Fellow :: Fellow (n.) In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges..

Black Book :: Black book () A book kept for the purpose of registering the names of persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the English universities, or the English armies..

Senate :: Senate (n.) The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.

Commencement :: Commencement (n.) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.

Laureate :: Laureate (v. i.) To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities..

Academicals :: Academicals (n. pl.) The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities.

Rector :: Rector (n.) The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a college; as, the Rector of Exeter College, or of Lincoln College, at Oxford..

Term :: Term (n.) In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms..

Universities :: Universities (pl. ) of Universit.

Servifor :: Servifor (n.) An undergraduate, partly supported by the college funds, whose duty it formerly was to wait at table. A servitor corresponded to a sizar in Cambridge and Dublin universities..

Aulic :: Aulic (n.) The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic)..

Scholar :: Scholar (n.) In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues..

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