letters
Literature school subject.
Example
“Rickert was the first woman (and second individual) to be awarded a Ph.D. in English letters and philology with that academic honor at the University of Chicago.”
Other meanings
The liberal arts, humanities, learning broad accumulated cultural knowledge.
Related words
- letters patent
- arts and letters
- man of letters
- woman of letters
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “letters” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.