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studium generale

studium generale noun: a school in which pedagogues with academic titles (doctores, magistri, professores, etc.) could teach students from other countries, and could offer licenses in multiple disciplines (compare to studium particulare). Historians often designate a school's recognition as a studium generale as one of the key characteristics of it being a university.

Noun

studium generale

  1. a school in which pedagogues with academic titles (doctores, magistri, professores, etc.) could teach students from other countries, and could offer licenses in multiple disciplines (compare to studium particulare). Historians often designate a school's recognition as a studium generale as one of the key characteristics of it being a university.
    • Cambridge was confirmed as a studium generale by Papal Bull in 1318.

Questions about studium generale

What does studium generale mean?
Studium generale means a school in which pedagogues with academic titles (doctores, magistri, professores, etc.) could teach students from other countries, and could offer licenses in multiple disciplines (compare to studium particulare). Historians often designate a school's recognition as a studium generale as one of the key characteristics of it being a university.
What part of speech is studium generale?
Studium generale is a noun.

Words near studium generale in the dictionary

  1. studious
  2. studiously
  3. studiousness
  4. Studite
  5. Studites
  6. studium generale
  7. studless
  8. Studley
  9. Studleys
  10. studlier
  11. studliest

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