| emeritus | (n) a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties |
| emeritus | (adj) honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus' |
| Emeritus | ‖a. [ L., having served out his time, p. p. of emerere, emereri, to obtain by service, serve out one's term; e out + merere, mereri, to merit, earn, serve. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Emeritus | ‖ n.; |