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Michaelmas term

noun

  1. the autumn term at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments


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I could vary it not so little as thrice over again; 't has some eight returns, like Michaelmas term.

At which time we all departed several ways into the country, to meet again at the beginning of Michaelmas term.

The Michaelmas term was prorogued until December 5, but very few came to the congregation, the plague not ceasing until February.

The Oxford Michaelmas Term was beginning, and there were lectures to be prepared; but this was not all the reason.

It was about a month before the commencement of Michaelmas term that the parties quitted London.

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