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doctorial, a.|dɒkˈtɔərɪəl|
[f. L. type *doctōri-us (cf. senātōrius, tūtōrius, etc.) + -al1.]
Of or belonging to a doctor: = doctoral.
1729Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 453, I cannot account for the doctorial degrees given all to Non-subscribers by the College of Edinburgh. c1730J. Earle in Calamy's Life II. 513 So, when our Universities Doctorial honours give, 'Tis not our merit they declare, But their prerogative. 1843Lefevre Life Trav. Physic. I. i. vi. 105 Had not my doctorial title been specified in my passport.
Hence docˈtorially adv., as a doctor.
1858Trollope Dr. Thorne iii, That a doctor should not laugh at all when called in to act doctorially. |