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tutkinto puhekieltä A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder. (defdate)
An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values. (defdate)
A stage of rank or privilege; social standing. (defdate)
1526, (w), trans. Bible, Luke XX:

Master, we knowe that thou sayest, and teachest ryght, nether considerest thou eny mannes degre, but techest the waye of god truely.

Louis created the École militaire in Paris in 1751, in which 500 scholarships were designated for noblemen able to prove four degrees of noble status.

If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.

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