Definition of Doctoral

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a doctor or doctorate. "Doctorial candidates"

Exact synonyms: Doctorial
Partainyms: Doctor, Doctorate, Doctor, Doctorate
Derivative terms: Doctor, Doctorate, Doctor, Doctor, Doctorate

Definition of Doctoral

1. a. Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor.

Definition of Doctoral

1. Adjective. Relating to a doctorate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Doctoral

1. pertaining to a doctor [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Doctoral

docquet
docqueted
docqueting
docquets
docquetted
docquetting
docs
doctor
doctor's bill
doctor's degree
doctor's orders
doctor-fish
doctor-patient relation
doctor up
doctoral (current term)
doctoral thesis
doctorally
doctorands
doctorate
doctorates
doctored
doctorer
doctorers
doctoress
doctoresses
doctorfish
doctorfishes
doctorhood
doctorial

Literary usage of Doctoral

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Human Resources for Science & Technology: The European Region (1996) by Jean M. Johnson, Jeanne E. Griffith (2000)
"doctoral Reform in Germany Anticipating the need for highly trained personnel, ... doctoral degrees in science and engineering in former West Germany grew ..."

2. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"... procured a papal brief requiring the residence of the doctoral canon, who was not to be excused under pretext of serving the Inquisition. ..."

3. Advancing the Nation's Health Needs by National Research Council (2005)
"A "fast tracking" of undergraduates into doctoral programs also necessitates dispelling myths related to the need for clinical practice prior to graduate ..."

4. Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering: An Update (1993)
"79 Employed doctoral scientists and engineers, by field, sex, ... doctoral scientists and engineers in four-year colleges and universities, by field, ..."

5. Two Views of Education: With Other Papers Chiefly on the Study of Literature by Lane Cooper (1922)
"A writer in the Nation, commenting upon the doctoral degree in English, quotes with a slight inaccuracy a passage, on the aim of literary study, ..."

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