academic dress

noun

1. formal dress, usually comprising cap, gown, and hood, worn by university staff and students

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Family and friends who would normally attend have been invited to watch the ceremonies, conducted in Latin and in full academic dress, on a private livestream link.

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Because of Cambridge's prestigious university, local suffrage posters often featured women in academic dress.

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Their attire was identical: Every student wore full academic dress, or subfusc, as it is known here—black suits and white bow ties on the men; black skirts and velvet bows for women; everyone in gowns, mortarboards and a carnation buttonhole.

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The university said the decision to end the practice was backed by its photographers and academic dress suppliers, “who often receive back damaged mortarboards.”

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"This has been agreed by our academic dress suppliers who often receive back damaged mortarboards, and our photographers."

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