honour school

British

noun

(at Oxford University) one of the courses of study leading to an honours degree

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Clive Staples Lewis was engaged in his full-time and favorite job�the job of being an Oxford don in the Honour School of English Language & Literature, a Fellow and tutor of Magdalen College and the most popular lecturer in the University.

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"The Lives of the C�sars," at any rate, forms part of the curriculum at Oxford for those who take the Honour School of "Liter� Humaniores"; and as for the "Satyricon" it is popular even among pass-men, though I suppose they are obliged to read it in translations.

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“He is, I suppose,” said I, “reading for a Final Honour School.”

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The Lives of the Cæsars, at any rate, forms part of the curriculum at Oxford for those who take the Honour School of Literæ Humaniores; and as for the Satyricon it is popular even among pass-men, though I suppose they are obliged to read it in translations.

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Taken a first in the Honour School of Love, I suppose?

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