baccalaureate

A baccalaureate is an educational qualification. See Bachelor for background on the term.The term baccalaureate may refer to:International Baccalaureate, a group of three internationally recognised educational programmes for students aged 3 to 19The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, the senior of the three International Baccalaureate programmes, for students aged 15-19European Baccalaureate, awarded to students who successfully manage to complete a European SchoolFrench Baccalaureate (le baccalauréat) France's national secondary-school (lycée) diplomaBaccalauréat, a term used in Canada that refers to a bachelor's degree in francophone universitiesBaccalaureate service, "a farewell address in the form of a sermon delivered to a graduating class" (in the United States.)
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(n.)
The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.
  

(n.)
A baccalaureate sermon.
  

(a.)
Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.
  

Noun
1. a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
(hypernym) sermon, discourse, preaching
(part-holonym) commencement, commencement exercise, commencement ceremony, graduation, graduation exercise
2. an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies
(synonym) bachelor's degree
(hypernym) academic degree, degree
(hyponym) Bachelor of Arts, BA, Artium Baccalaurens, AB