Wiktionary
a. (context dated English) doctoral
WordNet
adj. of or relating to a doctor or doctorate; "doctoral dissertation"; "doctorial candidates" [syn: doctoral]
Usage examples of "doctorial".
His humour of sententiousness and doctorial stilts is a mask he delights in, but you ought to know him and not be frightened by it.
Dr, out of doctorial gratitude, returns the 1st Dr thanks for all favours recd.
Gradual experiences of his business among his fellows were teaching an exercised mind to learn in regions where minds unexercised were doctorial giants beside it.
Having obtained his doctorial hat, he travelled through Europe practising necromancy and acquiring a thoroughly bad reputation.
In the dining-room two elderly celebrities (Max Lerner and Richard Brook) were ordering complicated meals, with many doctorial vetos and provisos, while in the adjacent room the little squad of playmates and playthings, of honeys and bunnies, sat quietly around a table with their glasses (soft drinks only: Ner' doesn't want them sloppy).