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inceptors

inceptors is the plural of inceptor.

Meaning of inceptor

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...

Questions about inceptors

What is inceptors the plural of?
Inceptors is the plural of inceptor.

Words near inceptors in the dictionary

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

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