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Phi Beta Kappa definition

☆ Phi· Beta Kappa (fī′ bāt′ə kap′ə)

  1. an honorary society of U.S. college students in liberal arts and sciences with high scholastic rank: founded 1776
  2. a member of this society

Etymology: < the initial letters of the Gr motto philosophia biou kybernētes, philosophy the guide of life

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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