Michaelmas term (English, noun)
expansion: Michaelmas term (plural Michaelmas terms)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: The first term of the legal year, running from October to December, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.
topics: education
glosses: The first academic term of the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, and other educational institutions, running from October to December; the term was modelled after the legal term, but does not begin and end on the same dates.
Forms:
form: Michaelmas terms
tags: plural