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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Baccalaureate \Bac`ca*lau"re*ate\, a. Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.
Baccalaureate sermon, in some American colleges, a sermon delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class. [1913 Webster] ||
Baccalaureate \Bac"ca*lau"re*ate\, n. [NL. baccalaureatus, fr. LL. baccalaureus a bachelor of arts, fr. baccalarius, but as if fr. L. bacca lauri bayberry, from the practice of the bachelor's wearing a garland of bayberries. See Bachelor.]
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. [U.S.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, "university degree of a bachelor," from Modern Latin baccalaureatus, from baccalaureus "student with the first degree," alteration of Medieval Latin baccalarius "one who has attained the lowest degree in a university, advanced student lecturing under his master's supervision but not yet having personal license" (altered by folk etymology or word-play, as if from bacca lauri "laurel berry," laurels being awarded for academic success).\n
\nThe Medieval Latin word is of uncertain origin; perhaps ultimately from Latin baculum "staff" (see bacillus), which the young student might carry. Or it might be a re-Latinization of bachelor in its academic sense. \n
\nIn modern U.S. usage, baccalaureate usually is short for baccalaureate sermon (1864), a religious farewell address to a graduating class at an American college, from the adjectival sense "pertaining to the university degree of bachelor."\n
Wiktionary
n. 1 A bachelor degree. 2 A high school completion exam and qualification awarded in many countries (e.g. Finland, France, Moldova, Romania), designed to enable students to go on to higher education. 3 (context US English) A farewell address in the form of a sermon delivered to a graduating class.
WordNet
n: a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies [syn: bachelor's degree]
Wikipedia
Baccalaureate may refer to:
- Bachelor's degree, an academic degree received upon the completion of a student's undergraduate education
- In Canada and Belgium, Baccalauréat is used in French for a Bachelor's degree in Francophone universities
- Baccalauréat, France's national secondary-school (lycée) diploma, much like the British A-level
- English Baccalaureate, a performance measure to assess secondary schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Welsh Baccalaureate, a recently introduced pre-university qualification in Wales
- Spanish Baccalaureate, a form of secondary education in Spain
- Romanian Baccalaureate, Romania's national secondary-school (liceu) diploma
- Tunisian Baccalaureate, a national examination and diploma awarded to students who successfully complete their secondary-school journey in Tunisia
- European Baccalaureate, awarded to students who successfully complete a European School
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International Baccalaureate, a group of four internationally recognised educational programmes for students aged 3 to 19
- The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, the senior of the four International Baccalaureate programmes, for students aged 16-19
- Baccalaureate service, "a farewell address in the form of a sermon delivered to a graduating class" (in the United States)
Usage examples of "baccalaureate".
The one called The Battle of Life was delivered on Baccalaureate Sunday at Princeton University, June 7.
The one called The Good Old Way was delivered on Baccalaureate Sunday at Harvard University, June 14.
He was a poor scholar in grade school, a mediocre one going for his baccalaureate, preferring a life of wine, women, and song, and doing just enough to get by scholastically.
Every girl of the class would have three beautiful new frocks for Commencement: one for the baccalaureate sermon, another, which could be plain, for graduation exercises, and a handsome one for the banquet and ball.
She had passed her baccalaureate, boarded a train, and enrolled at the Sorbonne.
The reason for her expulsion would be erased not only from the records but also from the memory of the Community, and this would allow her to finish her studies and receive her baccalaureate degree.
She had passed her baccalaureate, boarded a train, and enrolled at the Sorbonne.
Given the amount of science education that will be needed, it is more likely to take four years rather than three to complete the baccalaureate curricula although with year-round courses and intensive clinicals, we may be able to cut it to three years.
Every girl of the class would have three beautiful new frocks for Commencement: one for the baccalaureate sermon, another, which could be plain, for graduation exercises, and a handsome one for the banquet and ball.