honour school

noun

1. (at Oxford University) one of the courses of study leading to an honours degree

Example Sentences

Clive Staples Lewis was engaged in his full-time and favorite job�the job of being an Oxford don in the Honour School of English Language & Literature, a Fellow and tutor of Magdalen College and the most popular lecturer in the University.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The Lives of the C�sars," at any rate, forms part of the curriculum at Oxford for those who take the Honour School of "Liter� Humaniores"; and as for the "Satyricon" it is popular even among pass-men, though I suppose they are obliged to read it in translations.

From Project Gutenberg

“He is, I suppose,” said I, “reading for a Final Honour School.”

From Project Gutenberg

The Lives of the Cæsars, at any rate, forms part of the curriculum at Oxford for those who take the Honour School of Literæ Humaniores; and as for the Satyricon it is popular even among pass-men, though I suppose they are obliged to read it in translations.

From Project Gutenberg

Taken a first in the Honour School of Love, I suppose?

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