emeritus Meaning and Definition
1. n. a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
2. s. honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title emeritus' as in professor emeritus'; retired from assigned duties' need not imply that one is inactive
Emeritus (/ᵻˈmɛrᵻtəs/) (Latin ēx, "out of", and meritus, "merit"), in its current usage, is an adjective used to designate a retired professor, pastor, bishop, pope, president, prime minister, or other personages.
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