Testamur
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A certificate of successful completion of an examination.
"1868, Mark Pattison, Suggestions on Academical Organisation, Esmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh, page 249, Are the students, as part of the qualification for the degree, to be required to attend given courses of lectures, and to produce a testamur of attendance from the instructor, along with a testamur of proficiency from the examiner ?"
Example
More examples"1868, Mark Pattison, Suggestions on Academical Organisation, Esmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh, page 249, Are the students, as part of the qualification for the degree, to be required to attend given courses of lectures, and to produce a testamur of attendance from the instructor, along with a testamur of proficiency from the examiner ?"
Etymology
From Latin testāmur (“we testify”).
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