DOCTORATE
Doc"tor*ate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. doctorat.]
Defn: The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
DOCTORATE
Doc"tor*ate, v. t.
Defn: To make (one) a doctor.
He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. Fuller.
DOCTORESS
Doc"tor*ess, n.
Defn: A female doctor.[R.]
DOCTORLY
Doc"tor*ly, a.
Defn: Like a doctor or learned man. [Obs.] "Doctorly prelates." Foxe.
DOCTORSHIP
Doc"tor*ship, n.
Defn: Doctorate. [R.] Clarendon.