Emerit

Emerit (read ^[1] : [im'ir'it]; from the Latin. Emeritus "honored, old, old") - a designation for professors , teachers of higher education , as well as for Catholic and Protestant (less often Orthodox ^[2] ) priests who, due to old age, are exempted from a number of their daily duties. In the scientific and educational sphere of Russia, this term is not used.

The status of Emerit is not equivalent to the status of a pensioner . If a retired professor or teacher completely ceases to perform professional functions, then the emérite continues to partially carry out his work, for example, playing the role of a scientific consultant, and makes business trips. After the emittering, the monetary support is, as a rule, much higher than the pension and approximately corresponds to the last salary of the scientist. The measured professors and teachers usually lose administrative posts in the management of a university or faculty, but continue to lead or conduct scientific research, supervise the scientific work of young colleagues for the degree of Master or Doctor of Science, may be members of academic (but not state) examination commissions, work as experts for courts and prosecutors.

Similarly, in the Catholic Church , emitration is carried out for elderly bishops and rectors of cathedrals. The bishop-emérites no longer fulfills his duties in administering the diocese , but at the same time he is left with the right to perform the sacraments and the privileges due to the bishop.

In 2013, an emitration was first conducted for the Pope: Benedict XVI was given the title Papa Emeritus , but the title is translated into Russian as “ Pope at Rest ”.