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Doctorate   /dˈɑktərət/   Listen
Doctorate

noun
1.
One of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university.  Synonym: doctor's degree.





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"Doctorate" Quotes from Famous Books



... Germany he devoted himself once more to the study of theology in preparation for the doctorate which he won at Wittenberg in 1512. Almost immediately he was appointed professor at the university and undertook to lecture on the Psalms. His eloquence and his imagination, his retentive memory enabling him to illustrate his texts by parallel passages drawn from ...
— History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French • Rev. James MacCaffrey
... essay on Shakespeare's relation to music, but without waiting for this the University of Jena granted him his doctorate on February 24, 1840, a bit of speed which must have been marvellously refreshing to this poor victim of ...
— The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 • Rupert Hughes


Words linked to "Doctorate" :   DD, AMusD, Doctor of Medicine, OD, Doctor of Osteopathy, doctoral, degree, D.A., ThD, DEd, EdD, Doctor of Dental Medicine, DDS, academic degree, MusD, do, DMus, Doctor of Optometry, Doctor of Music, md, Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Philosophy, DPH, Doctor of Theology, Doctor of Education, DMD, Doctor of Arts, Doctor of Dental Surgery, Doctor of Musical Arts, STD, Doctor of Sacred Theology, Doctor of Public Health, doctorial


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