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Webster 1913 Edition
Academicals
Acˊa-dem′ic-als
,Noun.
pl.
The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities.
Definition 2024
academicals
academicals
English
Noun
academicals pl (plural only)
- (Britain) The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities, typically on special occasions such as graduation.
References
- academicals in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913