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Licentiate

Licentiate Meaning & Definition
Licentiate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Licentiate?

[n] holds a license (degree) from a (European) university

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See Also | scholar | scholarly person | student

Licentiate In Webster's Dictionary

\Li*cen"ti*ate\ (l[-i]*s[e^]n"sh[i^]*[asl]t or -sh[asl]t; 106), n. [LL. licentiatus, fr. licentiare to allow to do anything, fr. L. licentia license. See {License}, n.] 1. One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology. The college of physicians, in July, 1687, published an edict, requiring all the fellows, candidates, and licentiates, to give gratuitous advice to the neighboring poor. --Johnson. 2. A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. 4. On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.
\Li*cen"ti*ate\ (-sh[i^]*[=a]t), v. t. To give a license to. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.

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