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Definition of professoriate - 2 dictionary results

pro⋅fes⋅so⋅ri⋅ate

  [proh-fuh-sawr-ee-it, -sohr-, prof-uh-]
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–noun
1. a group of professors.
2. the office or post of professor.
3. all of the academicians in a given place, as at an educational institution or in a country.
Also, pro⋅fes⋅so⋅ri⋅at.

Origin:
1855–60; professori(al) + -ate 3
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pro·fes·so·ri·ate or pro·fes·so·ri·at   (prō'fĭ-sôr'ē-ət, -sōr'-, prŏf'ĭ-)   
n.  

  1. The rank or office of a professor.

  2. College or university professors considered as a group.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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