inceptor noun2 •A beginner; one in the rudiments. •(UK) One who is on the point of taking a Master of Arts degree at an English university.And in the year 1576. Febr. 23. Mr. Hookers Grace was given him for Inceptor of Arts, Doctor Herbert Westphaling, a man of note for Learning, being then Vice-chancellour [of the University of Oxford]. — 1670 formsinceptors
