cursus

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cursus

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Learned borrowing from Latin cursus. Doublet of course and cour.

noun cursuses · cursus · cursūs · cursi

rare A course; a journey or progression. His cursus from Fréjus to Paris turned into a triumphal march, with whole towns and villages staging ceremonial entrées for him and cheering his passage.
A long ditch or trench of unknown function, constructed in Neolithic Britain and Ireland.
A racecourse.
An academic curriculum.
A form of daily prayer or service.

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@misc{cursus_2026,
  title = {cursus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cursus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}