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Webster 1913 Edition
Licentiate
Li-cen′ti-ate
(lī̍-sĕn′shĭ-ā̍t or -shā̍t; 106)
, Noun.
[LL. ]
licentiatus
, fr. licentiare
to allow to do anything, fr. L. licentia
license. See License
, Noun.
1.
One who has a license to exercise a profession;
as, a
. licentiate
in medicine or theologyThe 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
(-shĭ-āt)
, Verb.
T.
To give a license to.
[Obs.]
L’Estrange.
Webster 1828 Edition
Licentiate
LICEN'TIATE
,Noun.
1.
One who has a license; as a licentiate in physic or medicine.2.
In Spain, one who has a degree; as a licentiate in law or divinity. The officers of justice are mostly distinguished by this title.LICEN'TIATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
licentiate
licentiate
English
Noun
licentiate (plural licentiates)
- A person who holds the academic degree of license.
- One who has a licence to exercise a profession.
- a licentiate in medicine or theology
- Johnson
- The college of physicians, in July, 1687, published an edict, requiring all the fellows, candidates, and licentiates, to give gratuitous advice to the neighbouring poor.
- A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)
Translations
person who holds the academic degree of license
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