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Doctoral Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Doctoral has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

of or relating to a doctor or doctorate

"doctoral dissertation"

"doctorial candidates"

2

Relating to a doctorate.

"She is currently pursuing her doctoral studies in advanced linguistics."

See Also
doctorandus doctorial abt postdoctoral physician graduate school doctorate graduate thesis
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Origin

The word doctoral comes from combining doctor with the suffix -al, likely following the pattern of the Latin term doctoralis. It was formed to describe things related to a doctor or degree.

Rhyming Words
ral tral ural oral gral aral kral aural jural loral acral moral dural meral sural boral rural coral feral viral
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