Results for baccalaureate

Definitions of baccalaureate:

part of speech: adjective

Relating to the degree of bachelor; baccalaureate sermon, a farewell sermon delivered to a graduating class.

part of speech: noun

The degree of bachelor, or first degree, given by universities and colleges.

Usage examples for baccalaureate:

• At the age of eighteen, he left the St. Hilaire college in order to prepare his baccalaureate and his father, becoming alarmed at his increasing moodiness and mysticism, endeavored to infuse into him the tastes and habits of a man of the world by introducing him into the society of his equals in the town where he lived; but the twig was already bent, and the young man yielded with bad grace to the change of regime; the amusements they offered were either wearisome or repugnant to him. "A Woodland Queen, Complete", Andre Theuriet Last Updated: March 3, 2009