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licentiate Definition

li·cen·tiate (lī sen′s̸hē it, -āt′; -s̸hət)

noun

  1. a person licensed to practice a specified profession
  2. in certain European and Canadian universities, an academic degree between that of bachelor and that of doctor

Etymology: ME licenciat < ML licentiatus, pp. of licentiare, to license < L licentia: see license

licentiate Related Forms

li·cen′·tiate·ship′ noun

licentiate Usage Examples

Preposition: of

theology: After completing his Licentiate of Theology at Heythrop, he was appointed curate to St. Philip's, Arundel, in July 1945.

Converse of object

  • become: David Healey has become a Licentiate of the Trinity.
  • award: Having completed the Bandmaster's course of 1991 he was promoted to Band Sergeant and awarded a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music.
  • admit: In June 1822 he was admitted a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians.

Modifies a noun

  • membership: Graduates of the degree will achieve licentiate membership of the CIPD.
  • member: He is a licentiate member of the Higher Education Academy.
  • level: Applied Drama is only available for a diploma award at Licentiate level.
  • thesis: Licentiate thesis, Institute of Computational Linguistics, University of Zurich. [ pdf ] Stefan Hoefler.
  • certificate: I gained my Licentiate certificate in the Ballroom Faculty in July 2000.

Preposition: in

pedagogy: The licentiate in pedagogy teaches pedagogical subjects in normal schools.