COMMEMORATION  , a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• TERM

term for celebrating some past event . It is also the name for the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act, or See also:

• ENCAENIA

Encaenia, the ceremonial closing of the See also:

• ACADEMIC

academic See also:

• YEAR

year at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford University . It consists of a Latin oration in commemoration of benefactors and founders; of the recitation of See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize compositions in See also:

• PROSE

prose and See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, and the conferring of honorary degrees upon See also:

• ENGLISH

English or See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign celebrities . The ceremony, which is usually on the third Wednesday after Trinity See also:

• SUNDAY

Sunday, is held in the Sheldonian See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre, in Broad St., Oxford . " Commencement " is the term for the See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent ceremony at See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, and this is also used in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities .