professoriate

professoriate
/proh'feuh sawr"ee it, -sohr"-, prof'euh-/, n.
1. a group of professors.
2. the office or post of professor.
3. all of the academicians in a given place, as at an educational institution or in a country.
Also, professoriat.
[1855-60; PROFESSORI(AL) + -ATE3]

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