See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)  , a See also:

• TERM

term now properly confined to a teacher of a See also:

• SPECIAL

special grade at a university . Its former significance of one who has made "profession " or open See also:

• ACKNOWLEDGMENT (from the old acknow, a compound of on- and know, to know by the senses, which passed through the forms oknow, aknow and acknow; acknowledge is formed on analogy of " knowledge ")

acknowledgment of religious belief, or, in particular, has made a promise binding the maker to a religious See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, is now obsolete . The educational use is found in See also:

• POST

post-Augustan Latin, and profiteri is used by See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny (Ep. ii . 18, 3, iv . 11, 14), absolutely, in the sense of " to be a teacher," an See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the classical use in the sense of to practise, profess a See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science or See also:

• ART

art, e.g. profiteri See also:

• JUS

jus, medicinam, philosophiam, &c . In the See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities of the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages the conferring of a degree in any See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty or See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of learning meant the right or qualification to See also:

• TEACH [THATCH OR THACH], EDWARD (d. 1718)

teach in that faculty, whence the terms magister, " See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master," and See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor for those on whom the degree had been granted . To these names must be added that of " See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor." The " three titles of Master, Doctor, Professor, were in the middle ages absolutely synonymous " (H . Rashdall, The Universities of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe in the Middle Ages, 1895, 21) . At See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in the faculties of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology,See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine and arts professor is more frequently used than doctor but less so than magister; at See also:

• BOLOGNA
• BOLOGNA, GIOVANNI DA (1524–1608)

Bologna the teachers of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law are known as professores or doctores (id.) . From this position to that of the holder of an endowed "See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair," the occupant of which is the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal public teacher of the particular faculty, the See also:

• EVOLUTION

evolution was See also:

• GRADUAL (Med. Lat. gradualis, of or belonging to steps or degrees; gradus, step)

gradual . The first endowed professorship at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford was that of divinity, founded by the See also:

• MOTHER

mother of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VII. in 1497 ( ? 1502) and named after her the " See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret Professorship." The See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the regius professorship by Henry VIII., in 1546 no doubt, as the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary points out, tended to the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• MODERN

modern use of the word .

Sub-See also:

• ORDINATE

ordinate public teachers in faculties or in subjects to which a professorial " chair " is attached, are known as " readers '' or " lecturers," and these titles are also used for the principal public teachers in subjects which have not reached professorial See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank .