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emeritus
[ ih-mer-i-tuhs ]
adjective
- retired or honorably discharged from active professional duty, but retaining the title of one's office or position:
dean emeritus of the graduate school;
editor in chief emeritus.
noun
- an emeritus professor, minister, etc.
emeritus
/ ɪˈmɛrɪtəs /
adjective
- usually postpositive retired or honourably discharged from full-time work, but retaining one's title on an honorary basis
a professor emeritus
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Word History and Origins
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Origin of emeritus1
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Example Sentences
He also noted that “Pope Emeritus is notably not a big sports fan.”
We need to look at Benedict XVI as an institution, he opened a door, that of the popes emeritus.
He is professor emeritus at Chicago, and there is a scholarship in his name, set up by some of his former students.
He served for several years as chairman of DLA Piper, now chairman emeritus.
SENATOR GEORGE J. MITCHELLCHAIRMAN EMERITUS, DLA PIPER Senator George Mitchell has had a long and distinguished career.
Of this Faculty he became Dean, and held office until close upon the time when he became Emeritus.
Upon retiring from the board of regents, he was made professor emeritus of medicine.
If it will comfort you in the least, make me your Pastor Emeritus, nominally.
He became professor emeritus in 1887, and established a private laboratory at Newport, where he has continued his researches.
From 1869 until 1894, when he resigned and became professor emeritus, he was Pope Professor of Latin in the same institution.
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