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Definition of Testamur
1. n. A certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the Latin words, Ita testamur, with which it commences.
Definition of Testamur
1. Noun. (chiefly Australia) A certificate conferring a university degree ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Testamur
1. a pass certificate [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Testamur
Literary usage of Testamur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"There is not one out of twenty of my pupils who can look forward with unmixed
pleasure to a testamur.— Collegian's Guide, p. 254. Every testamur must be ..."
2. The Venetian Printing Press: An Historical Study Based Upon Documents for by Horatio Forbes Brown (1891)
"The earliest example of an ecclesiastical testamur printed in a book published in
... This testamur certainly proves an act of ecclesiastical censorship, ..."
3. Diary of Francis Evans, Secretary to Bishop Lloyd, 1699-1706 by Francis Evans, David K. Robertson (1903)
"... per omnia esse conformem per praesentes testamur. Quibus in majorem hujus
n'r'i testimonii fidem sigillum n'r'um quo in hac parte utimur ..."
4. Proceedings (1908)
"Further, members of the Association are requested to give preference— other things
being equal—to holders of the testamur in making appointments. ..."
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