Word: 'doctor' • Extended Annotations

doctor

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Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of doctor

noun
circa 1300, doctour, "Church father"
from Medieval Latin doctor "religious teacher, adviser, scholar"

The sense of "medical professional, person duly licensed to practice medicine" (replacing native leech) grew gradually, but was not common until late 16^th century

verb
1590s, "to confer (bestow) the degree of doctor on"
1774, "alter, disguise for the purpose of deception, falsify"

doctor noun

an eminent theologian declared a sound expounder of doctrine by the Roman Catholic Church; a learned or authoritative teacher; a person who has earned one of the highest academic degrees conferred by a university
a person skilled or specializing in healing arts
material added (as to food) to produce a desired effect
a blade (as of metal) for spreading a coating or scraping a surface
a person who restores, repairs, or fine-tunes things

doctor verb

to alter deceptively
to adapt or modify for a desired end by alteration or special treatment
to give medical treatment to; to restore to good condition

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Specific examples and quotes of doctor

"Religious orders were replaced by academic institutions, in many ways upholding the same principles and power structures as religious orders, and developing new labels for its ranks. Professionals start out as the new devotees, and go on to rise within the presets of the order.
Another coat of words, a different fashion, but the same principles."

"Weird Genius"
The Story of Your Ankh
by Sabina Nore

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⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense

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The Story of Your Ankh