Definition of "viva voce" []

• By word of mouth: a report submitted viva voce; a viva voce examination. (adverb)

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• "The practice of the Church in the earliest ages, as shown by the ancient custom, going back to Apostolic times, of giving the catechumens (katechoumenoi from katechein, viva voce instruere) a verbal instruction in the articles of faith and of directing them, shortly before baptism, to make a public recitation of the Apostles '"
• "He was turning this into an all-too-public viva voce exam."
• "By July 28 he was home again in time for an examiners 'meeting at the London University the next day, and a viva voce in physiology on the 4th August, before going to Scotland to serve on the Fishery Commission."