Definition of doctorate
: the degree, title, or rank of a doctor
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The groom also received a doctorate of dental surgery there.
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Born in 1928, in Athens, Greece, Metropolitan Iakovos moved to Boston as a young clergyman and earned his doctorate from Boston University and later taught at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, according to the statement.
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Bachelor's from Valparaiso University, master's from Marquette University and a doctorate degree from University of Colorado at Boulder.
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The tune began its association with American graduations four years later at Yale University, when Elgar was given an honorary doctorate.
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The school received 450 applications, many of them from people with doctorates.
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According to a recent study out of the Institute for Spatial Analysis at the University of Redlands, workers without a high-school degree face an almost six times higher risk of their jobs being automated than those with a doctorate.
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Frazier graduated with a degree in physics and pre-engineering in 2007 and went on to earn her doctorate in biomedical engineering in 2008 from Tulane University.
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After receiving an honorary doctorate from Leeds Metropolitan University (((<-------)))) in the United Kingdom, Dr Shilpa Shetty has been chosen for the 'Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award', Shilpa's' spokesperson and publicist Dale Bhagwagar said.
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DOCTORATE Defined for English Language Learners
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: the highest degree that is given by a university
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