Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The dignity or office of a laureate; the post of poet laureate.
- noun In the English universities, formerly, a degree in grammar, including poetry and rhetoric: so called because the person who graduated was presented with a wreath of laurel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun State, or office, of a laureate.
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- noun The
state , oroffice , of alaureate .
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Examples
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It remains to be seen what Ms. Duffy will make of the laureateship, which is something of a work in progress, despite being so ancient.
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ADVERTISEMENT bination of scathing wit, cheeky rhyme and revenge poems might be the perfect tonic for the failing institution (the laureateship, that is, not royalty per se).
unknown title 2009
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ADVERTISEMENT bination of scathing wit, cheeky rhyme and revenge poems might be the perfect tonic for the failing institution (the laureateship, that is, not royalty per se).
unknown title 2009
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Duffy later claimed that she would not have accepted the laureateship anyway, saying in an interview with the Guardian newspaper that I will not write a poem for Edward and Sophie.
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Or David Solway: "… now that we have elected a laureate, we can proceed to forget about poetry even more thoroughly than we already have since perhaps the most important function of the laureateship, at any rate from the perspective of its secular lobbyists, is to appease the national conscience as well as their own for the apathy and neglect with which they receive the art."
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Or David Solway: "… now that we have elected a laureate, we can proceed to forget about poetry even more thoroughly than we already have since perhaps the most important function of the laureateship, at any rate from the perspective of its secular lobbyists, is to appease the national conscience as well as their own for the apathy and neglect with which they receive the art."
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Today on 25 January--though not because of a formal holiday or an official laureateship--Scots and friends of Scotland meet to celebrate the life and works of our bard, Robert Burns, at Burns Suppers at home and in far-flung locations across the globe.
News at Eleven: Scotland's Burns Night is almost unique-- Rus Bowden 2010
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Since taking on the laureateship last year, Duffy has penned two occasional poems: one to commemorate the death of the last two surviving British veterans of World War I, and another to commemorate an injury to David Beckham.
John Lundberg: A Poem for the Royal Wedding? John Lundberg 2010
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Considering what Kay Ryan wrote in this hilarious piece for Poetry Magazine back in 2005, I'm curious to see what such a committed loner (and a great poet, natch) will bring to the socially intense laureateship.
Paid Poet 2008
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Today on 25 January--though not because of a formal holiday or an official laureateship--Scots and friends of Scotland meet to celebrate the life and works of our bard, Robert Burns, at Burns Suppers at home and in far-flung locations across the globe.
Archive 2010-01-01 Rus Bowden 2010
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