Definition of Doctorial

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a doctor or doctorate. "Doctorial candidates"

Exact synonyms: Doctoral
Partainyms: Doctor, Doctorate, Doctor, Doctorate
Derivative terms: Doctor, Doctorate, Doctor, Doctor, Doctorate

Definition of Doctorial

1. Adjective. (dated) doctoral ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Doctorial

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Doctorial

doctor up
doctoral
doctoral thesis
doctorally
doctorands
doctorate
doctorates
doctored
doctorer
doctorers
doctoress
doctoresses
doctorfish
doctorfishes
doctorhood
doctorial (current term)
doctoring
doctorish
doctorishness
doctorless
doctorlike
doctorly
doctors
doctors make the worst patients
doctorship
doctorships
doctorspeak
doctour
doctours
doctourship

Literary usage of Doctorial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Correspondence of the Rev. Robert Wodrow by Robert Wodrow (1843)
"doctorial DEGREES.—DR WATTS. To the Rev. Mr Abraham Taylor, to be left at the Amsterdam Coffeehouse, behind the Royal Exchange, London. REV. ..."

2. American Journal of Education (1878)
"The courses for the doctorial degree in civil and canon law were equally laborious. In the former it was not imperative that the candidat« -lumia have been ..."

3. Memorials of Service in India by Samuel Charters Macpherson (1865)
"... and who has read many doctorial books, which he inherited, with doctorial wisdom, from his father, and who will, I hope, do in a way. ..."

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