baccalaureate sermon

American  

noun

1. a farewell sermon addressed to a graduating class in some U.S. colleges and schools.

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Etymology

Origin of baccalaureate sermon

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

"Each honest calling, each walk of life,'' he said in a baccalaureate sermon, "has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance .

From Time Magazine Archive

The baccalaureate sermon before the C. L. S. C. was this year given by the Chancellor, Bishop Vincent.

From The Story of Chautauqua by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman

The degree of A. M. was given Mrs. Jennie Fowler Willing, of Chicago, who preached the baccalaureate sermon at the unique commencement exercises.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

The impression was deepened when the president of the college took for the text of his baccalaureate sermon, "For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself."

From The Book of Courage by Faris, John Thomson

Every girl of the class would have three beautiful new frocks for Commencement: one for the baccalaureate sermon, another, which could be plain, for graduation exercises, and a handsome one for the banquet and ball.

From A Girl of the Limberlost by Stratton-Porter, Gene