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D. Litt.
abbreviation
Doctor of Letters.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of D. Litt.1
From Latin Doctor Litterārum
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Example Sentences
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Mr Causley received the Hon D.Litt from the University of Exeter, where his archive is now held.
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Britain's Prima Ballerina Margot Fonteyn, appearing at the University of Leeds for an honorary D. Litt., was happy to call herself "the dancing doctor of letters," but really did not think she was up to the academic honor.
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He went to Oxford in 1922 to be made a D. Litt. honoris causa.
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In 1905 he received the honorary degree of D. Litt. at Oxford.
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Gradually Mark Twain became a public character; he retrieved on the lecture platform the loss of a fortune earned by his books; he enjoyed his honorary D. Litt. from Oxford University.
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