regius professors
regius professors is the plural of regius professor.
Meaning of regius professor
Noun
regius professor (plural regius professors)
- A professor who holds a position created by or filled by a royal patron.
- All doctors, in whatever faculty, were called likewise professores, and possessed and equal capacity to claim and occupy the chair (cathedra) on solemn inceptions and other occasions; this privilege was first restricted, by the Elizabethan statutes, to the three regii professores.1841, George Peacock, Observations on the Statutes of the University of Cambridge, London: John W. Parker. Cambridge: J. and J. J. Deighton, page 34
Noun (1) capitalized: Regius Professors
Regius Professors
- plural of Regius Professor
Noun (2) capitalized: Regius professors
Regius professors
- plural of Regius professor
Questions about regius professors
- What is regius professors the plural of?
- Regius professors is the plural of regius professor.
- What part of speech is regius professors?
- Regius professors is a noun.
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