LL.D.
Americanabbreviation
Etymology
Origin of LL.D.
From Latin Lēgum Doctor
Example Sentences
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“I felt very grand walking about with my LL.D. in his silk gown.”
From Literature
This tablet is gratefully inscribed by William Chambers, ll.d.
From Project Gutenberg
Inside the church there is another monument of some literary interest, placed to the memory of the Rev. John Kelly, LL.D.,
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The old archdeacon gave way, not without vituperation, before the formal episcopal judge, known as the Official or Ordinary, who was usually a doctor of both laws—an LL.D. in fact—learned in both civil and canon law; and the effect of this was soon seen in a systematizing of ecclesiastical jurisprudence which gave it an immense advantage over the rude processes of the feudal and customary law.
From Project Gutenberg
In 1852 he graduated LL.D. at Berlin; in 1857 he became a Privatdocent, and in 1860 he was nominated a professor extraordinary.
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