Licentiate definition

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One who is granted a license by an authorized body to practice a specified profession.
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A degree from certain European and Canadian universities ranking just below that of a doctor.
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One holding such a degree.
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A person licensed to practice a specified profession.
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In certain European and Canadian universities, an academic degree between that of bachelor and that of doctor.
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A person who holds the academic degree of license.
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One who has a licence to exercise a profession.

A licentiate in medicine or theology.

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A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.

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One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty.

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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
licentiate
Plural:
licentiates

Origin of licentiate

  • Middle English from Medieval Latin licentiātus from past participle of licentiāre to allow from licentia authorization license

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Late Latin licentiatus, from licentiare (“to allow to do something").

    From Wiktionary

Licentiate Sentence Examples

  • Wolmar, who had taught Greek to Calvin, grounded Beza in Scripture from a Protestant standpoint; after his return to Germany (1534) Beza studied law at Orleans (May 1535 to August 1539), beginning practice in Paris (1539) as law licentiate.

  • The faculties of letters and sciences, besides granting the Baccalaurat de lenseignement secondaire, confer the degrees of licentiate and doctor (la Licence, le Doctoral).

  • He became a licentiate of arts in 1367, procurator of the French "nation" in 1372, bachelor of theology in 1372, and licentiate and doctor in that faculty in 1381.

  • In 1813 he became repetent at Göttingen, and in 1814 he received the degree of doctor in philosophy from Halle; in 1816 he removed to Berlin, where he became licentiate in theology, and qualified as privatdocent.

  • Having removed to London, he was admitted (November 6, 1618) a licentiate of the college of physicians, and attracted notice by a publication concerning the comet of 1618.

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