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numerus clausus

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
numerus clausus /ˌnjuːmərəs ˈklaʊsəs/

▶noun a fixed maximum number of entrants admissible to an academic institution.

– origin L., lit. ‘closed number’.

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