Moderations
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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He was educated at Marlborough and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was president of the Union Society, and graduated with first classes in Moderations and Final Schools.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
In due course the gardener’s boy took a first class in Classical Moderations, and a first class also in Classical Greats.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)
He had managed to achieve a second class in Moderations, and he had now in view a term of cricket whose energy might fortunately be crowned with a blue.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
His first encounter with the examiners, in "Classical Moderations," was only partially successful.
From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by Russell, George William Erskine
Almost immediately after reaching college I was "in the Schools" for "Moderations," but did very well, as I had employed every available moment in preparing myself.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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