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honorary degree
(redirected from Doctor honoris causa)

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Noun1.honorary degree - a degree conferred to honor the recipienthonorary degree - a degree conferred to honor the recipient
honoris causa
academic degree, degree - an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"
ArtsD, Doctor of Arts - an honorary arts degree
Doctor of Fine Arts - an honorary degree in fine arts
Doctor of Humane Letters - an honorary degree in letters
Doctor of Humanities - an honorary degree in the humanities
Doctor of Laws, LLD - an honorary law degree
Doctor of Science, ScD, DS - an honorary degree in science
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But he joked that he might need to go back to the classroom to understand the latin on his Doctor Honoris Causa degree scroll.
LAW CAPPED AGAIN; Uni degree for football hero by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Epstein, author of "Why We Are Still Losing the Winnable Cancer War" (in the January/ February 2005 Humanist), was honored on June 10 by the Albert Schweitzer World Academy of Medicine with the 2005 Albert Schweitzer Golden Grand Medal for Humanitarianism, the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa in Humanities, and honorary membership in the Polish Academy of Medicine "for his longstanding and pioneering international contributions to cancer prevention.
2005 Albert Schweitzer Golden Grand Medal for Humanitarianism by Gajewski, Karen Ann / The Humanist
The millionaire writer, who lives in the city with her new husband and two children, will collect one of the university's highest accolades, the degree of doctor honoris causa in early July.
Rowling's degree of success by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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