professoriate
(prəʊfɛˈsɔərɪət)
[f. professor + -ate1; cf. professoriat.]
1. A body of professors; the professorial staff of a university.
| 1858 W. M. Campion in Cambr. Ess. 167 The revivification of a teaching professoriate. 1862 Merivale Rom. Emp. VIII. lxiv. 281 Even the extensive professoriate of the Flavian and later emperors comprised no chairs for the teaching of mathematics. 1895 Rashdall Univ. Europe Mid. Ages II. 276 The Universities [in Germany] were thus provided with a permanent Professoriate, and this Professoriate succeeded in time in ousting the unendowed Regent Masters from all real academic power. |
2. The office of professor; a professorship.
| 1885 Times 3 Feb. 9/3 Young men who were studying for the priesthood or for the professoriate. |