literae humaniores
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of literae humaniores
Latin, literally: the more humane letters
Example Sentences
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He was educated at Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford, where he obtained a first class in literae humaniores.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
The University has not so many faculties as Pavia, nor are they so well attended; but literae humaniores seem to be in the very air.
From The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London by Allen, P. S. (Percy Stafford)
They have the broad and generous spirit of the true literae humaniores.
From The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales by Van Dyke, Henry
He obtained a first-class in literae humaniores, and a second in law and modern history in 1866.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
He was Hertford scholar in 1838, took a second class in literae humaniores in 1840, and was subsequently elected to a studentship at Christ Church.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
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