academic costume

American  

noun

1. the ceremonial garb of the students and faculty in schools, colleges, and universities, consisting of a flat cap (mortarboard), a long, wide-sleeved gown, and sometimes a hood, worn especially at commencement exercises.

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Example Sentences

One of the more ominous pictures in the collection shows a Guy dressed in academic costume burning on a bonfire in 1965.

From BBC

Here, on the afternoon of Show Sunday, which comes immediately before Commemoration Day, nearly all the members of the university and the students, in academic costume, make a promenade, presenting an animated scene.

From Project Gutenberg

From this building came out two young men in academic costume.

From Project Gutenberg

There might be a uniform or an academic costume for these critical scholars—say Shakspearian collars, Undergraduate gown, and portable mortar-board, to fold up, and be sat upon.

From Project Gutenberg

On Tuesday last they came accordingly in full academic costume.

From Project Gutenberg