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laureation (iou)



laureation noun. E17.
[medieval Latin laureatio(n-), from laureat- pa. ppl stem of laureare: see LAUREATE adjective & noun, -ATION.]
The action of crowning someone with laurel or making someone laureate; the creation of a poet laureate. In Scottish universities, graduation or admission to a degree, now spec. an honorary degree.