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doctorate definition

doc·tor·ate (-it)

noun

  1. any degree at the highest level awarded by universities, either as an indication of the successful completion of academic study, as Doctor of Philosophy, or as an honorary degree and title, as Doctor of Laws
    also doctor's (degree)
  2. the status of doctor

Etymology: ML doctoratus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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