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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 332 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EMERITUS (See also:Lat. from emereri, to serve out one's See also:time, to See also:earn thoroughly) , a See also:term used of See also:Roman soldiers and public officials who had earned their See also:discharge from the service, a See also:veteran, and hence applied, in See also:modern times, to a university See also:professor (professor See also:emeritus) who has vacated his See also:chair, on See also:account of See also:long service, See also:age or infirmity, and, in the Presbyterian See also:church, to a See also:minister who has for like See also:reason given up his See also:charge .

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