noun, feminineplural: soutenances
viva voce (for a doctorate)
From soutenir + -ance, cf. the present participle soutenant. Present in Old French as sustenance. Cf. also Late and Medieval Latin sustinentia (“support; endurance”).
viva voce (for a doctorate)
From soutenir + -ance, cf. the present participle soutenant. Present in Old French as sustenance. Cf. also Late and Medieval Latin sustinentia (“support; endurance”).