Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Baccalaureate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
1. The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first
or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and
colleges.
2. A baccalaureate sermon. [U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
baccalaureate
n 1: a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their
commencement ceremonies
2: an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully
completed undergraduate studies [syn: {bachelor's degree}]
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