1 To be received in the Countess Bezukhova's salon was regarded as a diploma of intellect.
2 Many of them, however, said that, as they could remain only for two or three months, they wanted to enter a high class and get a diploma the first year if possible.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter VIII. 3 Afterward she came back to the dressing-room where we stood, with our diplomas in our hands, walked up to me, and said heartily: 'You surprised me, Jim.'
4 Family papers, letters from my poor wife, diplomas of universities which have done me honour.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ