professoriat
noun
pro·fes·so·ri·at ˌprō-fə-ˈsȯr-ē-ət 
ˌprä-,
-ē-ˌat
variants or professoriate
ˌprō-fə-ˈsȯr-ē-ət
ˌprä-,
-ˌāt
1
: the body of college and university teachers at an institution or in society
2
: the office, duties, or position of a professor
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Schuman’s bildungsromanchannels the weltschmerz of a former wunderkind rejected by the professoriat and exiled to the creative lumpenproletariat. 
Gabriel Roth, Slate Magazine, 16 Feb. 2017
Gabriel Roth, Slate Magazine, 16 Feb. 2017 Word History
Etymology
modification of French professorat, from professeur professor, from Latin professor, from profitēri
First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- overstrode
- overstruck
- overstructure
- overstructured
- overstructuring
- overstrung
- overstudied
- overstudies
- overstudy
- overstudying
- overstuff
- overstuffed
- overstuffing
- overstuffs
- oversubscribe
- oversubscribed
- oversubscribes
- oversubscribing
- oversubscription
- oversubscriptions
- oversubtle
- oversubtlety
- oversudsed
- oversudses
- oversudsing