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DD.Doctor of Divinity (D.D., Divinitatis Doctor in
Latin) is an advanced
academic degree in
divinity. Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a
university to teach
Christian theology or related
religious subjects.In the
United Kingdom, D.D. has traditionally been the highest
doctorate granted by universities, usually conferred upon a religious scholar of standing and distinction. In descending order of seniority, the D.D. degree is followed by
LL.D. (or D.C.L.) for law,
M.D. (or D.M.) for medicine,
Litt.D. (or D.Litt.) for letters, and
D.Sc. (or Sc.D.) for science. The high status of the D.D. qualification in British universities owed to their traditional affiliation with the Christian church. As universities became increasingly
secular in the
20th century, the D.D. degree lost much of its preeminence in practice, though officially it is still the most senior qualification at the
English universities of
Oxford,
Cambridge, and
Durham, as well as at the
Scottish universities of
St Andrews,
Glasgow,
Aberdeen, and
Edinburgh.
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