DOCTOR, is also an appellation adjoined to several
specific epithets, expressing the merit of some of the
schoolmen: thus, Alexander Hales is called the irre-
fragable doctor; Thomas Aquinas, the angelic doctor;
St Bonaventure, the seraphic doctor; John Duns Scot-
us, the subtle doctor; Raimond Lully, the illuminated
doctor; Roger Bacon, the admirable doctor, &c.