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di⋅plo⋅ma

  [di-ploh-muh] noun, plural -mas, Latin -ma⋅ta  [-muh-tuh] , verb, -maed, -ma⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
2. a document conferring some honor, privilege, or power.
3. a public or official document, esp. one of historical interest: a diploma from Carolingian times.
–verb (used with object)
4. to grant or award a diploma to.
Origin:
1635–45; < L diplōma a letter of recommendation, an official document < Gk díplōma a letter folded double, equiv. to diplō-, var. s. of diploûn to double (deriv. of diplóos; see diplo- ) + -ma suffix of result
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di·plo·ma   (dĭ-plō'mə)   
n.  

  1. A document issued by an educational institution, such as a university, testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.

  2. A certificate conferring a privilege or honor.

  3. An official document or charter.


[Latin diplōma, letter of introduction, from Greek, document, folded paper, from diplous, double; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]
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diploma 
c.1645, from L. diploma, from Gk. diploma "license, chart," originally "paper folded double," from diploun "to double, fold over," from diplos "double." Specific academic sense is 1682 in Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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