Scholarly dissertation (6)
I believe the answer is:
thesis
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">scholarly dissertation</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for thesis that I've seen before include "Lengthy written essay for university degree" , "Treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research" , "Subject" , "Researched dissertation" , "Dissertation based on research" .)