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Line 1: {{short description\|Honorary doctorate}} The degree of '''Doctor of Humane Letters''' ({{Lang-la\|Litterarum humanarum doctor}}; '''~~D.H.L.~~DHL'''; or '''~~L.H.D.~~LHD''') is almost always conferred as an [[honorary degree]], usually to those who have distinguished themselves in areas other than science, government, literature or religion, which are awarded degrees of [[Doctor of Science]], [[Doctor of Law]], [[Doctor of Letters]], or [[Doctor of Divinity]], respectively. Doctor of Humane Letters degrees should not be confused with earned academic degrees awarded on the basis of research, such as [[Doctor of Philosophy]], [[Doctor of Science]] or [[Doctor of Theology]], nor earned professional doctorates such as [[Doctor of Medicine]], [[Doctor of Podiatric Medicine]], [[Juris Doctor]], [[Doctor of Optometry]] etc.<ref>"Doctor of Humane Letters." [[WordNet]] 3.0. Retrieved October 16, 2013</ref> Line 10: [[Category:Doctoral degrees]] [[Category:Honorary degrees]] {{education-stub}}

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