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universitie

universitie is the obsolete spelling of university.

Meaning of university

Noun

university (countable and uncountable, plural universities)

  1. An institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and often professional levels.
    • She's studying mathematics at university.
  2. (obsolete) The entirety of a group; all members of a class.
    • [I]t appears a pity to banish the women and children. But to this can be opposed that holy act of your Majesty which expelled the Moriscos, and the children of the Moriscos, for the reason given in the royal edict. Whenever any detestable crime is committed by any university, it is well to punish...1841, George Borrow, The Zincali - Or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain

Forms of universitie

pluraluniversities

Questions about universitie

What is universitie the obsolete spelling of?
Universitie is the obsolete spelling of university.

Words near universitie in the dictionary

  1. universist
  2. universists
  3. universitarian
  4. universitarians
  5. universitary
  6. universitie
  7. universities
  8. universities of applied sciences
  9. universities of life
  10. universities of technology
  11. universities of the streets

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