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Emeritus  adj.  Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.





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... in January, 1888. The resignation was laid on the table until the following June, at which time the trustees made her Professor Emeritus, and offered her a home for life at the observatory. This offer she did not accept, preferring to live with her family in Lynn. The following extracts from letters which she received at this time show with what reverence and ...
— Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals • Maria Mitchell


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