Egregia cum laude?!

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  1. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Just when I think I know everything, along comes a CV someone asked me about, showing a degree awarded "Egregia cum laude."

    Turns out there are five levels of honor, two of them now little used. Did everyone but me know this? In order of increasing honor, they are:

    cum laude "with praise" (or "with honor")
    magna cum laude "with great honor"
    maxima cum laude, "with very great honor”
    summa cum laude "with highest honor"
    egregia cum laude, "with outstanding honor"
     
  2. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Egregia cum laude.

    I knew what it meant, but I didn't know it existed. Deconstruct that, if you will. :smile:

    Johann
     
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  3. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Nope. I have never heard of this before. What school was it, if you can say?
     
  4. NMTTD

    NMTTD Active Member

    That's really interesting. I only knew of the 3, not those other 2. I wonder why they aren't mentioned or used?
     
  5. lawrenceq

    lawrenceq Member

    Add "Thank You, Lawdy" to the list per Shannon Sharpe.
     
  6. CalDog

    CalDog New Member

    According to Wikipedia:

    The "egregia cum laude" and "maxima cum laude" distinctions seem to be quite rare in the US. But they aren't non-existent, because Google turned up the following examples:

    - The College of St. Benedict and St. John's University (two partnered liberal arts colleges in Minnesota) grant the "egregia" distinction (in addition to the usual three).

    - The University of Portland (in Oregon) grants the "maxima" distinction (in addition to the usual three).

    - La Salle University (in Philadelphia) grants "the "maxima" distinction (in addition to "cum" and "magna", but not "summa").

    These schools have one thing in common: they are all Catholic. Maybe Catholic schools take a greater interest in Latin.
     
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  7. CalDog

    CalDog New Member

    Also, the University of Notre Dame (in Indiana) formerly granted the "maxima" distinction (in addition to "cum" and "magna", but not "summa"). However, they apparently stopped using "maxima" in 1969. They currently have the usual three distinctions.

    Notre Dame, of course, is also a Catholic school.
     

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