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inceptor

inceptor noun: a beginner; one in the rudiments.

Noun

inceptor (plural inceptors)

  1. A beginner; one in the rudiments.
  2. (UK) One who is on the point of taking a Master of Arts degree at an English university.
    • And in the year 1576. Febr. 23. Mr. Hookers Grace was given him for Inceptor of Arts, Doctor Herbert Weſtphaling, a man of note for Learning, being then Vice-chancellour [of the University of Oxford].1670, Izaak Walton, “The Life of Mr. Rich[ard] Hooker, the Author of Those Learned Books of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity”, in The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker...

inceptor meaning in Tamil

inceptor in Tamil

துவக்குவோன்

Forms of inceptor

pluralinceptors

Origin of inceptor

Borrowed from Latin inceptor.

Questions about inceptor

What does inceptor mean?
Inceptor means a beginner; one in the rudiments.
What is inceptor in Tamil?
Inceptor in Tamil is துவக்குவோன். See Inceptor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is inceptor?
Inceptor is a noun.
What is the plural of inceptor?
The plural of inceptor is inceptors.

Words near inceptor in the dictionary

  1. inceptisolic
  2. inceptisols
  3. inceptive
  4. inceptively
  5. inceptives
  6. inceptor
  7. inceptors
  8. inceptosol
  9. incepts
  10. inceptual
  11. inceration

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