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professorial, a.|prəʊfɛˈsɔərɪəl, prɒf-|
[f. L. professōri-us belonging to a public teacher (see professor n.) + -al1. So obs. F. professorial (18th c. in Littré).]
Of or pertaining to a professor; characteristic of a professor or body of professors; pedagogic, dogmatic.
1713Bentley Rem. Disc. Freethink. §43 Those persons, for their Professorial interest, and to keep the Pagan System in some countenance against the objections of Christians, had quite alter'd the old Schemes of Philosophy. 1732Hist. Litteraria III. 384 Too much of the Professorial or Sophistical Spirit. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. lvii. note, They endowed a professorial chair for the expounding of his verses. 1886F. Pollard in Antiquary Feb. 53/2 Causing..professorial and tutorial duties to be entirely suspended.
Hence profeˈssorialism, the professorial system, constitution, or practice; profeˈssorially adv., in a professorial manner; in the manner of a professor.
a1846Ec. Rev. (cited in Worcester), Professorialism. 1864Webster, Professorialism, the character, manners, or habits of a professor. 1901Athenæum 17 Aug. 214/1 An..invasion of the solemn precincts of professorialism by a petulant Junker. 1884Daily News 27 June (in Cassell Encycl. Dict.), Merely lecturing professorially. |