LAUREATE
Lau"re*ate, n.
Defn: One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate. "A learned laureate."
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LAUREATE
Lau"re*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laureated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Laureating.]
Defn: To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.
LAUREATESHIP
Lau"re*ate*ship, n.
Defn: State, or office, of a laureate.
LAUREATION
Lau`re*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. lauréation.]
Defn: The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
LAUREL Lau"rel, n. Etym: [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier, laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.]
1. (Bot.)