LL.D.
Americanabbreviation
Etymology
Origin of LL.D.
From Latin Lēgum Doctor
Example Sentences
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McGeorge Bundy, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, Harvard University LL.D.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bayard Rustin, LL.D., civil rights and labor leader.
From Time Magazine Archive
He visited his 81-year-old mother, accepted an honorary LL.D. degree from the University of South Carolina, and paid a call on former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Minister to Bulgaria, first American woman to hold rank of ambassador LL.D.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I felt very grand walking about with my LL.D. in his silk gown.”
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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