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Commencement day   /kəmˈɛnsmənt deɪ/   Listen
Commencement day

noun
1.
The day on which university degrees are conferred.  Synonym: degree day.






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"Commencement day" Quotes from Famous Books



... would the Queen's Jubilee have been, if but one soldier had marched up and down? A great commemoration! If we grant the reality of national rejoicing in the royal jubilees, commercial rejoicing in business men's processions, university enthusiasm on Commencement Day—shall we not grant the reality of the religious interest and enthusiasm of a great revival, in which whole communities shall be led to a clearer knowledge of ...
— The Warriors • Lindsay, Anna Robertson Brown

... by turns, rose the sound of the organ under the masterly touch they knew so well. It was an hour when even the most heedless freshman felt the pain, the almost solemn sadness of the coming parting, yet the full meaning of the commencement day can be realized only by those who are leaving their Alma ...
— Teddy: Her Book - A Story of Sweet Sixteen • Anna Chapin Ray

... I delivered on Commencement Day seems to have pleased every one, and many kind and encouraging words were spoken to me regarding it. Soon after my return to my home in West Virginia, where I had planned to continue teaching, I was again surprised to receive a letter from General Armstrong, asking me ...
— Up From Slavery: An Autobiography • Booker T. Washington



Words linked to "Commencement day" :   day



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