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doctor's degree

[dok-terz di-gree] / ˈdɒk tərz dɪˈgri /
NOUN
academic degree of highest rank
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A decade ago, a candidate had to have a Doctor's degree.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was the son of a Saxon beer merchant; and, being a smart son, won his Doctor's degree with a thesis entitled: Upon the Development of the Berlin Bottled Beer Trade.

From Time Magazine Archive

The exercises still kept up for the Doctor's degree in Divinity at Oxford and Cambridge are but the shadow of what was a reality in the past.

From The Coming of the Friars by Jessopp, Augustus

Recently a candidate for the Doctor's degree at one of the largest universities in the country chose for the subject of his thesis "Funeral Customs throughout the Ages."

From Book of Etiquette Volume I by Eichler, Lillian

Drawn by the persuasive teaching of Blessed Jordan of Saxony, he joined the Order of St. Dominic in 1223, and after completing his studies, received the Doctor's degree at the University of Paris.

From On Union with God by Berthier, P. J.



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