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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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