Word: cerements
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harvard Commencement is the oldest and most dignified cerement in the United States, excepting certain ecclesiastical rites. The word Commencement is simply a translation of the Latin "inceptio," and means that you then commence Bachelor or Master of Arts or whatever academic rank you are entering. The ceremony has come down to us directly from the medieval universities...
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