Baccalaureate
Baccalaureate ({not transcribed}) , noun
[New Latin baccalaureatus, from Late Latin baccalaureus a bachelor of arts, from baccalarius, but as if from Latin 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. [United States]
Baccalaureate , adjective
Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.
Collocations (1)
Baccalaureate sermon , in some American colleges, a sermon delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class.