Only in Le day: a day on which ordinary exercises (as distinguished from disputations) were read in the schools. Cf. dis, n.1 2.

attributive and in other combinations (sense 2), as commencement day, etc.

(a) Oxford University the Sunday before Commemoration Week (see commemoration, n. 2c), on the evening of which a parade was formerly held in the…

a day on which the senior class in a college celebrates the completion of their course, typically with formal festivities, prize-giving, etc.

a day on which a ceremonial presentation is made.

(at Durham University) the last week of the summer term, Commemoration week.

a week during which a high school, college, or university holds organized activities or events intended to inspire enthusiasm or camaraderie among…