professorate

Example Sentences

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That's not to say that they are awful at what they do, they have received tenure after all, but there are very, very few who are culled from the top professorate.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2016

Smith was a popular professor; the student body voted him Faculty Member of the Year for the final two years of his professorate.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2015

The only other thing worth mentioning is that Barty and Father Louis became great friends—almost inseparable during such hours as the Dominican could spare from the duties of his professorate.

From The Martian by Du Maurier, George

What had she, with her Greek professorate looming up like a star in mid-heaven before her—what had she to do with love and a lover?

From Holiday Stories for Young People by Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth

During this period Fichte’s academic career had been troubled by various storms, the last so violent as to put a close to his professorate at Jena.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various