doctorate
[dok-ter-it]
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Origin of doctorate
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Examples from the Web for doctorate
Contemporary Examples
The “doctorate” Duke claims is from an anti-Semitic Ukranian “diploma mill” as described by the State Department.
Dr. Grenci obtained her doctorate in clinical sexology in 2007.
One old soldier is on the path to a doctorate in mathematics and another is a trained underwater welder.
My dad has a doctorate and my mom had a masters in their native country.
The author, Dr. David Ribner, has a doctorate in social work and is an ordained Rabbi.
Historical Examples
Indeed I shall seek a Doctorate in Theology, if the gods so will it.
Erasmus and the Age of ReformationJohan Huizinga
Before he was twenty-one his learning had gained for him a doctorate in philosophy.
Historic Ghosts and Ghost HuntersH. Addington Bruce
The doctorate of music was first conferred at Oxford and Cambridge.
In 1818 he received the doctorate of theology and of canonical law.
He was, he explained, a student of philology preparing for his doctorate.
Mr. Britling Sees It ThroughH. G. Wells
doctorate
- the highest academic degree in any field of knowledgeAlso called: doctor's degree
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Word Origin and History for doctorate
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