licentiateship

Variant of licentiate

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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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