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

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

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 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

One was at the setting up of the chapel organ, when Horace Bushnell of Hartford preached upon music; and another was when President Woolsey preached a baccalaureate sermon upon "Righteous Anger."

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by White, Andrew Dickson