Word: dignitarion
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This medieval method still goes on in the Catholic colleges; but at Harvard Commencement parts in English were substituted in he nineteenth century. Yet the Commencement Programme is still the Seniors' programme. The "candidate" are all in the nominative case, Inviting the guests to the ceremony, before the dignitarion. In the colonial period, the Seniors paid for the programme themselves, and there was a great row in 1733 when they shifted their patronage from a printer of reputed Tory leanings to one more patriotic in his sentiments...
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