| 单词 | academical clerk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasacademical clerk academical clerk n. at certain colleges of Oxford University, a junior member of a college who receives an emolument in return for undertaking duties (esp. singing) in chapel. ΘΚΠ society > education > member of university > [noun] > other members Aularian1691 gold tasseller1846 academical clerk1857 incorporator1887 1857 J. R. Bloxam Reg. Magdalen Coll. II. p. ccviii In 1854, the President in appointing a new Academical Clerk, so called, refused to admit him, until he had been examined by the Organist, and recommended as qualified to take part in the Choral Service. 1905 Musical Times 46 380/2 The son of a former Dean of Wells, he was an academical clerk at Magdalen College, Oxford. 1972 Ann. Rep. Christ Church (Oxford) 1971 19 Scholars numbered 94, Exhibitioners 84, Rhodes Scholars 4, and Academical Clerks 3 (a new category; the name conceals their main function—to be song-birds in the groves of Academe). 2005 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 7 Apr. 6 The choir, which has existed for nearly 500 years, is one of the great English men and boys' choirs... Of the men, six are university students, known as academical clerks, who are undergraduates in various subjects. < as lemmas |
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