mortarboard

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The Reverend Mr Hugh C Haines Love M. A. in a plain cassock and mortarboard, his head and collar back to the front, holds over the celebrant's head an open umbrella.)

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  1. noun A square board with a handle used for holding and carrying masonry mortar.
  2. noun An academic cap topped by a flat square.

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