doctorate

Noun doctorate has 1 sense

• doctorate(n = noun.communication) doctor's degree - one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university;
is a kind of academic degree, degree
has particulars: dmd, doctor of dental medicine, dds, doctor of dental surgery, dd, doctor of divinity, ded, doctor of education, edd, doctor of medicine, md, dmus, doctor of music, musd, amusd, doctor of musical arts, doctor of optometry, od, do, doctor of osteopathy, d.a., doctor of arts, doctor of philosophy, doctor of public health, dph, doctor of theology, thd, doctor of sacred theology, std
Derived forms adjective doctoral₁, adjective doctorial₁