Noun
a doctor's degree in religion
Source: WordNetEdmund became one of Oxford's first lecturers with a Master of Arts, but was not Oxford's first Doctor of Divinity. Source: Internet
Regarding the connections to Selma, CTS was involved in various efforts to advance the cause of civil rights, and in 1957 became the first seminary in America to award Martin Luther King, Jr. an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree for his activism. Source: Internet