doctorial

American  

[dahk-tawr-ee-uhl] / dɑkˈtɔr i əl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the pursuit of a doctorate; doctoral.

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Other Word Forms

• post-doctorial
  adjective

Example Sentences

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doctorial

And there, standing by the place of pleading, with his foot on the first step, I saw Dessauer, in his black doctorial gown, leaning reverently upon a long staff.

From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

And now that you know how happily circumstanced I am as to environment your doctorial demand is for something as to the behavior of the organs and nerves which we call the physical man.

From Letters of Franklin K. Lane by Louise Herrick Wall

One thing, at any rate, I have     already done in my doctorial capacity—secured you a bedroom on the     ground-floor, so that you will not need to ascend the stairs at all.

From Sylvie and Bruno by Lewis Carroll

His good faith is not to be doubted, for I know him to be a man who means what he says, though he is vain and doctorial.

From Là-bas by Keene Wallace

Let them give up their unspeakably silly ambition to bespangle their lists of officers with these doctorial titles.

From Memories and Studies by Henry James