"professoriate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: professoriates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} professoriate (plural professoriates)
  1. Professors considered as a group or body. Categories (topical): Collectives
    Sense id: en-professoriate-en-noun-sAFrrdlK Disambiguation of Collectives: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32
  2. (dated) The office of a professor. Tags: dated Synonyms: professorship
    Sense id: en-professoriate-en-noun-bqDR1PHD Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: professorate, professoriat

Inflected forms

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