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r degrees in the several arts and faculties, as in theology, law, medicine, music, etc. A university may exist without having any college connected with it, or it may consist of but one college, or it may comprise an assemblage of colleges established in any place, with professors for instructing students in the scienc…

The extension of the advantages of university instruction by means of lectures and classes at various centers.

A member of an academy, university, or college.

A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.

An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.

first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts.

An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.]

A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as in scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies. "No woman of rank or fortune but would have a bursary in her gift." Southey.

A youth; especially, a student in a german university.

In Germany, any of various associations of university students formed (the original one at Jena in 1815) to support liberal ideas, or the organization formed by the affiliation of the local bodies. The organization was suppressed by the government in 1819, but was secretly revived, and is now openly maintained as a soc…

A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England.

The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. Your caputs and heads of colleges. Lamb. Caput mortuum (. Etym: [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless residue.

tion money, money deposited by way of security or guaranty, as by a student at an English university.

A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend.

A student of the civil law at a university or college. R. Graves.

usion; tumult. [Obs.] There [were] great combustions and divisions among the heads of the university. Mede. But say from whence this new combustion springs. Dryden.

Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial. Commemoration day, at the University of Oxford, Eng., an annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors of the University, at which time honorary degrees are conferred.

To take a degree at a university. [Eng.] I question whether the formality of commencing was used in that age. Fuller.

A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; -- at Cambrige called a pensioner.

One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take. [Eng.] A. Wood.