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Date: 1900-2000
Language: Latin
Origin: 'with highest praise'

summa cum laude

 adverb
     
Related topics: College
sum‧ma cum lau‧de American English
SEC having achieved the highest level in your college or university degree [↪ cum laude]:
He graduated summa cum laude in 1968.
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