literae humaniores
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of literae humaniores
Latin, literally: the more humane letters
Example Sentences
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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 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
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 took a first in classical moderations in 1899; first- class literae humaniores in 1901; first-class jurisprudence in 1902.
From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Asquith, Margot
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)
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