Doctorate Definition

dŏktər-ĭt
doctorates
noun
doctorates
Any degree at the highest level awarded by universities, either as an indication of the successful completion of academic study, as Doctor of Philosophy, or as an honorary degree and title, as Doctor of Laws.
Webster's New World
The status of doctor.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • doctor's degree
verb

(archaic) To make into a doctor.

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Noun

Singular:
doctorate
Plural:
doctorates

Doctorate Sentence Examples

  • He now completed his studies, taking his doctorate in 1872.

  • For the doctorate in law, a thesis and two oral examinations are required.

  • Educated at the Ecole Normale Superieure, and at the French school at Athens, he received his doctorate in literature in 1868.

  • The student desiring to proceed to the doctorate is free from examinations thereafter until he presents his thesis for the doctor's degree,' when, if it is accepted, he is submitted to a public oral examination not only in his principal subject (Haupt f ach), but also as a rule in two or more collateral subjects (Nebenfeicher).

  • He was awarded a doctorate in Canon Law in 1991.

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