Definition of DLitt in US English:
DLitt
(also DLit)
abbreviationˌdēˈlitˌdiˈlɪt
1Doctor of Letters.
Example sentencesExamples
- Perhaps the most important Irish novelist writing today, he counts among his many accolades multiple Arts Council awards and an honorary DLitt from Trinity College, Dublin.
- She won the Patrick White Literary Award in 1983 and received an honorary DLitt from the University of Sydney in 1986.
- On the same morning, he will be given a Doctor of Letters (DLitt).
- The archive aims to have the catalog of its entire collection available via the Web by next year, says director Graham Richards, DLitt, a professor of psychology at Staffordshire University.
Origin
From Latin Doctor Litterarum.