A beginner; one in the rudiments.
One who is on the point of taking a Master of Arts degree at an English university.
And in the year 1576. Febr. 23. Mr. Hookers Grace was given him for Inceptor of Arts, Doctor Herbert Weſtphaling, a man of note for Learning, being then Vice-chancellour [of the University of Oxford].
Borrowed from Latin inceptor.
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