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matriculation

noun

  1. entering a university
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Pronunciation: /məˌtrɪkjʊˈleɪʃən/ / /məˌtrɪkjəˈleɪʃən/

noun

  1. Enrollment in a college or university.
  2. A pass in some university examinations.

    It was Oxford now—the matriculation photograph, posed in the stony front quad at Corpus, the pelican on top of the sundial appearing to sit on the head of the lanky, begowned chemist at the centre of the back row.

  3. A registration of armorial bearings.