Associations to the word «Baccalaureate»

Wiktionary

BACCALAUREATE, noun. A bachelor degree.
BACCALAUREATE, noun. 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.
BACCALAUREATE, noun. (US) A farewell address in the form of a sermon delivered to a graduating class.

Dictionary definition

BACCALAUREATE, noun. A farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies.
BACCALAUREATE, noun. An academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats