Phi Beta Kappa
a national honor society, founded in 1776, whose members are chosen, for lifetime membership, usually from among college undergraduates of high academic distinction.
a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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How to use Phi Beta Kappa in a sentence
Trotter graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and became the first black man named to Phi Beta Kappa.
Harman is a magna cum laude graduate of Smith College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and Harvard Law School.
She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
Participants in the 2011 Women in the World Summit | The Daily Beast | March 1, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThey told him all their news, what games had been won, who had made Phi Beta Kappa, and what had happened at the frat.
The Witness | Grace Livingston Hill LutzHe took scholarly as well as social honors, and came forth a Phi Beta Kappa man.
American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt | Edward Stratemeyer
In the second group were placed all the men elected to Phi Beta Kappa, on the basis of high scholarship.
Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods | Harry L. HollingworthThis caused him to be elected to the Phi Beta Kappa, the society of scholars.
Theodore Roosevelt | Edmund Lester PearsonBut of all this nothing can ever be known, because the feasts of Phi Beta Kappa are sealed with secrecy.
From the Easy Chair, vol. 1 | George William Curtis
British Dictionary definitions for Phi Beta Kappa
/ (ˈfaɪ ˈbeɪtə ˈkæpə, ˈbiːtə) /
a national honorary society, founded in 1776, membership of which is based on high academic ability
a member of this society
Origin of Phi Beta Kappa
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