‖ accessit
(ækˈsɛsɪt)
[L. accessit, 3 sing. pa. tense of accēdĕre to approach.]
1. With reference to French examinations: = proxime accessit.
| 1884 Harper's Mag. Mar. 597/2 In the competition for the..prize medal..he gained the accessit. 1898 Daily News 20 Jan. 8/5 He became a student at the Paris Conservatoire, where, however, he did not take very high honours, gaining only a second accessit in comic opera. |
2. A secondary vote given in the election of a Pope: see quots.
| 1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 240/1 After each scrutiny an ‘accessit’ takes place; i.e.,..it is open to every voter to declare that he ‘accedes’ to such or such a candidate. 1882 Schaff Relig. Encycl. I. 521 Every morning a ballot is cast, followed in the evening by an ‘accessit’. |