professorate
(prəʊˈfɛsərət)
[f. professor n. + -ate1; so F. professorat (Dict. Acad. 1835).]
1. The office of professor; professorship.
| 1860 Kingsley Limits Exact Science 1 The whole of such small powers as I possess will be devoted to this Professorate. 1875 M. Pattison Casaubon 60 He will do better things in time—that is the cry of these years of the Genevan professorate. 1882–3 Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1448 Calls to other charges and to theological professorates. |
2. A body of professors; = professoriate 1.
| 1872 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 282 Enter Oriel or Corpus, and learn lessons of your great Professorate. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 64/1 A complex organization for the higher education, with a regular professorate. |