magnacum laude

mag·na cum lau·de (mägʹnə ko͝om louʹdə) adv. & adj.

With high honors. Used to express high academic distinction:

graduated magna cum laude; 25 magna cum laude graduates.

  [Latin magnā cum laude, with great praise : magnā, feminine ablative sing. of magnus, great + cum, with + laude, ablative sing. of laus, praise.]

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