D.C.L.
abbreviation
Doctor of Civil Law.
D.C.L.
Americanabbreviation
DCL
British
abbreviation
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General'' Farley, a Roman Catholic, flew back to Washington without hearing how he had almost failed to get his D.C.L.
From Time Magazine Archive
D.C.L. or anything he fancies�at the cost of very little trouble and, perhaps, �10.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two D.C.L. representatives came to Manhattan early last spring, spent several months and thousands of dollars on surveys of potential business.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was made a G.C.B., and the university of Oxford conferred on him the degree of D.C.L.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
He received the degree of LL.D. from Edinburgh, and that of D.C.L. from Oxford, and lectured in Britain and in America.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
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