the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The body of professors, or the professorial staff, in a university or college.
n. A professorship.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An improper form of professorate.
Word Usage
"The suggestion that the professoriate is about to be de-skilled or at least broken to the Taylorist wheel is not new, but that doesn't make it less apt."